Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Revelation 21:1-4

Revelation 21:1-4 
English Standard Version (ESV)

  Notice who undertakes all the initiative here -- it's God who brings the new heaven and the new earth.  It's God who has the heavenly city descend from the heavens.  It's God who prepares the city for us, an it's God who wipes away the tears.  God does all of this, well before we figure out how to live perfectly.  God reaches out before we can even think to ask.
  So rest in God's love.  Know that the future does not depend on you and your planning and your perfection.  The future depends on God's gracious love and his initiating grace.  He descends from the heavens and reveals his love to us, and he wipes away our tears by his righteous and tender hand.
  Take a deep breath.  Relax.  Fall into endless grace and unconditional love.  God has done a mighty work to secure your eternal future in the heavenly kingdom.  Your work is merely to receive that boundless love and share the Good News of unconditional love with the world around you.

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