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Golden Text – “God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away (Revelation 21:4).

Revelation 21:1 – And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. The Apostle John had been exiled on the isle of Patmos for his faith, while there he saw a vision of the end times. In this new world, the Apostle saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from heaven. This new Jerusalem is the church of God in its new and perfect state, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. New here suggests freshness, not just a second beginning, this is the fulfillment of the prophecies of Isaiah 65:17 (For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth and the former shall not be remembered nor come into the mind). Significantly this eternal renewal has already begun in the life of the believer because using the same term,  Apostle Paul says, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation” (Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new – 2nd Corinthians 5:17). 

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