Longing
Just as creation is longing for God's Kingdom to come, I believe that God is itching for the day when He will say "No more!"
No more sickness
No more crying
No dying
No more pain.
That is God's intention: - suffering (although we inflicted it on ourselves) will not last forever. Its days are numbered and God is counting down!
The sea was the symbol of all that was scary and unknown for the Jewish people and for many of the early Christians. The sea represented evil, suffering and fear for most of the people who first believed. The new heaven and earth is missing all of the fearsome things that the sea represented to the Jew.
God holds evil on a leash and one day He will lead it away for good.
And then He will personally wipe away the tears from the eyes of those who have suffered.
He will make everything new - this is our hope...And then He will personally wipe away the tears from the eyes of those who have suffered.
| 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, 'Now the dwelling of God is with humankind, and he will live 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.' (Revelation21:1-4) |
