1 Apr 2014
Revelation 21:4
Revelation 21:4: “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.”
This is when everything changes and life becomes utterly perfect. The Millennial Kingdom will still have problems; there will be sin, sorrow, death, and pain. Satan will be set free to deceive the nations, and a great many people will believe his lies. It will be a much better world than the one we have now, but it will not be perfect.
However, the Millennium is not the end. After Judgment Day the Lord will create a new heaven and earth, and all of the former things will truly be done away with. Death will be gone, along with sin, the devil, and every evil thing. The world will finally be perfect and it will stay that way forever. That bears repeating: “there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” That is a lot to look forward to and get excited about!
Of course, this is still quite a long way away. We haven’t even gotten to the Tribulation yet, and the New Earth isn’t created until more than 1000 years after the Tribulation. But even so, it is in our future and it is worth rejoicing over. This is our final destiny.