Revelation 21
verse 2. And I John
saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared
as a bride adorned for her husband. 3. And I heard a great
voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he
will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be
with them, and be their God. 4. And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
(Excerpt taken from
Daniel and Revelation by Uriah Smith 1897-1911 Editions)
The Father's House. -
In connection with the view which John has of the holy city coming down from
God out of heaven, a voice is heard, saying, "The tabernacle of God is
with men, and he will dwell with them." The conclusion naturally follows that
the tabernacle here mentioned is the city. This same city is called in John 14
the Father's house in which are many mansions. If an objection should arise in
any mind that this is too permanent a place to be called a tabernacle, we reply
that the word "tabernacle" sometimes has the signification of a
permanent dwelling-place. The great God takes up his abode on this earth; but
we do not suppose that God is confined to this, or any other one of the worlds
of his creation.
p 751 -- He here has a
throne, and the earth enjoys so much of his presence that it may be said that
he dwells among men. And why should this be thought a strange thing? God's only
begotten Son is here as ruler of his special kingdom; the holy city, which is
called the Father's house, and which it is natural to suppose will be the most
beautiful and glorious object in the universe, will be here; and the heavenly
hosts take an interest in this world probably above what they feel in any
other; yea, reasoning from one of the Saviour's parables, there will be more
joy in heaven over one world redeemed than over ninety and nine which have
needed no redemption.
No Cause For Tears. -
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. He does not literally wipe
away tears from the eyes of his people; for there will be no tears in that
kingdom to be thus wiped away; but he wipes away tears by removing all causes of
tears.
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God will dwell with
us.
No more PAIN. I don't know any adult who isn't in some sort
of pain, that's not true, I don't know very many adults who aren't in some sort
of pain. Whether that pain is great, constant, or inconsistent, I know so many
people who live with various kinds of pain. Back, legs, muscles, joints, head,
neck, feet, arms- pain. We have things
called pill mills and a lot of time it is for those who are seeking pain
relief. Too many don't get any relief, or very little. Pain is a part of our
lives, a very big part. We are constantly seeking to be pain free. When our
Savior returns, when we come down from heaven after 1000 years and the new
Jerusalem comes down with us, God comes with us as well. God will give us a pain free forever life.
God will give us a tear free life. No sorrow, no more death for us to live
with- not for any of us that are living in the New Jerusalem. The life we long for now is the life we will
have, it will be REAL. This is the HOPE, this is the GOOD NEWS that our Savior
came to give to us. This is the GOSPEL that our God who took on flesh, human
flesh, who lived with pain, sorrow, and death, came to give to us! Without this good news, we have NO HOPE.
We can choose to live
in a world with HOPE, or without HOPE, it's our choice.
We may be ridiculed in
many ways, we may be looked upon as being foolish, deceived, deluded, crazy
people. We might live a life subject to
all sorts of mental, emotional abuse, but we will live it with HOPE. Choosing to not believe gives nothing, no
hope. It might give you a temporary peace, a false peace the will deceive you
into believing you are brilliant for not believing, but when you find out you
are not brilliant at all, it'll be too late to change your mind.
People choose. And
then they live with their choices.
We are given a chance
to know truth, to believe truth, to hope in truth, may we all do this so we may
all live with our God whose love is beyond our full comprehension.
Please, Father,
please. We believe- help thou our unbelief!
Keep us in YOU now and
ALWAYS!
By Your mercy and
grace, Your love, in the name of Jesus Christ our LORD, our SAVIOR!
AMEN!
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