Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them

Revelation 21:1-8

Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty, I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters, and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Death and all that is evil have been destroyed. Will God renew, or replace, the present heaven and earth?

What John describes is all new. If it is pictured in earthly terms, what others can we understand?

The new life is one long unclouded wedding day for all God's people - the happiest, most joyful time imaginable. And there is nothing to spoil it: no sorrow; no pain no parting with loved ones; no pain; no parting with loved ones; no darkness. For God is always present. He is near. There is no sin or temptation to spoil the perfect relationship; no guilt; no shame.

Why?

There is a new heaven and a new earth. It is the Holy City, the new Jerusalem. The most wonderful thing is God's dwelling place is among the people, and he will dwell with us.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, God is the beginning and He is the end.

There is the second death to the evil one and those who do not turn to Jesus Christ, the Lamb.

How?

How wonderful the new heaven and the new earth! May my life could be there one day!