Get Real November 16 Devotional
November 16, 2024
REVELATION 21:1-5 | Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.” And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
The word completion is very hopeful. As we look around our world we see incompleteness everywhere. Nature is incomplete. History is incomplete. So many issues remain to be solved, so many problems to overcome, so many mysteries to elucidate, so much conflict to be resolved.
Paul’s conviction in Philippians is that there will be a “day of Jesus Christ”, a culminating moment when history and nature are completed. The gospels speak of the coming of the Kingdom; the defeat of evil; the reign of justice, peace, and love. Our completion is part and parcel of a cosmic renewal. John describes this renewal in powerful images in Revelation 21.
How big is your hope?
Meditate on a verse for today and treasure them.
