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January 13
New Heavens and Earth
We think of new heavens and a new earth as a New
Testament idea but it has been in God's plan all
along, going back to the Old Testament.
The world that we live in now is full of sin and
is under God's curse so a new one will be
created for us.
Jesus told His disciples that He would go and
prepare a place for them and later return to
take them with Him. We are still awaiting
Jesus return but we are promised that it will be
better than what we have now.
We don't know what heaven will be like.
The images that we have in the Bible are of
streets of gold and a place where there will be
no more death or sadness.
We will not long for things of earth. We
won't miss out on anything. Everything
that we need will be provided. And things
that we may think we need but don't will be
forgotten. We won't even think about them
not being around.
Perhaps greatest of all is that all of the hurt
and pain of this world will be forgotten about.
The guilt of our sins will be gone. The
sins that were committed against us will be
washed from our memory.
When God creates a new heaven and earth, all
will be made new. We will have a new start
even mentally as the old, painful things are
removed from us forever. |
