And now the eternal state comes into view. He has put a new song into our mouths, and we must sing it. Lord, let us enter into this new universe of thine. WE shall take these words as referring to heaven. No mother's pangs, when she brought forth a man-child, were such as those of Christ when he brought forth the new creation. It would be a wonderful thing if Niagara when it is in its full descent should be made to leap upwards, and the St. Lawrence and the sea should begin to climb backward to the lakes. A better thing still is never to leave him, but to stand for ever at the cross-foot delighting yourself in his all-sufficient sacrifice. Revelation 21:15. Site by Mere. 16, 17. Ay, and angels, hovering over this fair world, would oft have heard the strain of joy breaking the silence of midnight, as glad and pure hearts beheld the eyes of the Creator beaming down upon them from the stars which stud the vault of heaven. Why should some of you be living at a penny a day and starving yourselves, when your Father would give you to live like princes of the blood royal if you would but trust him? "Ay, but it is not," says one; and I am sorry I cannot contradict him. That, also, is divine. There they are, perfect, and holy, and just, and good; but, alas, dear friends, you and I have broken the commandments. Peter tells us 2 Peter 3:13; Daniel 7:3; Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 57:20; Isaiah 65:17; New [ ]. "Ah, my dear brother," I said, "that is because you do not know much about me." This is the first day of a new year, and therefore a solemnly joyous day. I dread this year. You kept thinking about it, and Here we do not find any mediatorial kingdom. Revelation It's good news for the sky above and the Earth below. By grace every believer is brought into a new relationship with God. Numbers of Christians seem to live in the marshes always. "Behold, I make all things." Revelation 20:11. Amen. Revelation xxii. Sometimes all this worry is mere discontent; and when the child of God gets right himself these imaginary troubles vanish like the mist of the morning; but when they are real troubles, God can as easily change your condition, dear child of God, as he can turn his hand. The Lord, in answer to believing prayer, and especially in answer to a full resignation to his will is able to make all providential surroundings new for you. To-day believers are not under the covenant of "If thou doest this thou shalt live," but under that new covenant which says, "Their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." what a great comfort they are; just as much so as they formerly were a sorrow. 20:11, etc.). You will break your resolutions, and be nothing bettered by your attempts at reform. The process which we have roughly described as taking place in ourselves is in other forms going on in the world. The Lord Jesus Christ was speaking of lofty themes, of worlds newly made, and yet in the very middle of it all he puts this gracious promise. It sang with its sister-spheres the song of joy and reverence. NOW is sealed the eternal doom of the dragon, beast, false prophet, We hope that this newborn year will not be worse than its predecessor, and we pray that it may be a great deal better. There is now a contending force within them the old carnal nature inclining to evil, and the new God-given nature panting after perfection. REVELATION 21:1 That is a divine word. Yet it is not necessary to think of an entirely new creation, as i A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH New - in the sense of being Revelation 21:5 . Revelation Commentary - John Gill's Exposition of the Bible Such gold as never was, nor is, nor ever shall be on this earth until that time when God shall have purified it. I am glad that I have not to stand here and say, "My dear hearers, do this and do that, and you will be saved": because you would not do as you were commanded; for your nature is weak and wicked. Wherever the gospel is preached, the Spirit is present in that gospel, and he gives faith to men, gives life to men, and so they are made new, and the new-making thus goes on. They have a new nature. New principles stir the new nature which God has given. The new earth is not one of rocks, Revelation 21:8 | GOOD NEWS for Everyone!