Looking To The New

Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”  Revelation 21:5

The Lord Jesus made a promise in telling John to behold this new condition, and then told him to write it down. We can read the Word today and it says in this verse we will have something new. No, it actually says that ALL things will be made new. Now, this is not to say that we will be faced with all manner of strange things, but that all things will be made new. Familiar things such as animals are found in the prophecies, but they will not act toward us or each other as they do now. The land or earth will not produce as it does now but will be new and put forth as it did when new. Praise God that our bodies are part of all things and they too will be made new; not as in infant-new, but like Adam and Eve when they were new and God saw that they were good. New is good, we enjoy new, and we look toward the new year in the hope in Christ we have of things to come. 

Yes, I quite agree with those of you who are only too glad to see 2020 go into history. This has been a year of trial and change for us, and each of us has suffered in ways great and small. The usual things took some away from our fellowship last year, but there was also this other thing that took up most of the press space and took a few more away from us. That thing isn't over yet. This world will not, I think, evolve into a better place. What is required is a royal command from He who sits on the throne, "Behold, I make all things new." 

Praise God for the authority, goodness, and love that lives in our Lord Jesus Christ! 

Bucky