Revelation 21:4 - Our Ultimate Hooray 1.
Revelation 21:4 (NLT) He[God] will wipe
every tear from their eyes, and there will be no
more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these
things are gone forever.
COMMENTARY PEARL
What gives a widow courage as she stands
beside a fresh grave?
What is the ultimate hope of the
disabled, the amputee, the abused, the burn victim?
How can the parents of children who have
brain damage or physical handicaps keep from
living their entire lives totally and completely
depressed?
Why would anyone who is blind or deaf or
paralyzed be encouraged when he or she thinks of the
life beyond?
How can we see past the martyrdom of some
helpless hostage or devoted missionary?
Where do the thoughts of a young couple
go when they finally recover from the grief of
losing their baby?
When a family receives the tragic news
that a little daughter was found dead or their
dad was killed in a plane crash or a son
overdosed on drugs, what single truth becomes their
whole focus?
What is the final answer to pain,
mourning, senility, insanity, terminal diseases,
sudden calamities, and fatal accidents?
The answer to each of these questions is
the same: the hope of bodily resurrection.
We draw strength from this single truth
almost every day of our lives"more than we
realize. It becomes the mental glue that holds our
otherwise shattered thoughts together. Impossible
though it may be for us to understand the details
of how God is going to pull it off, we hang our
hopes on fragile, threadlike thoughts that say,
"Someday, He will make it right" and "Thank God, all
this will change" and "When we're with Him, we
shall be like Him."
More than a few times a year I look into
red, swollen eyes and remind the despairing and
the grieving that "there's a land that is fairer
than day"1 when, as John promised in the
Revelation,
"He will wipe away every tear there
will no longer be any death any mourning, or
crying, or pain." There will no longer be any
curse any night the Lord God will illumine
them; and they will reign forever and ever. (21:4;
22:3, 5)
Hooray for such wondrous hope! [Chuck
Swindoll www.insight.org.]
LINK FOR FURTHER STUDY ON THIS PASSAGE
Revelation 21:4 - It Is Not Yet The End!:
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2020/20200608-0839.html
YOUR COMMENTS
If anyone has a paraphrase, commentary or
testimony on this passage of Scripture, either
personal or otherwise, I would be interested in
hearing from you. Thanks in advance and let's keep
uplifting Jesus that all might be drawn to Him. Fred
Gibbs
LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT
Most Important Decision in Life:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/WGnEuGwvXqU?rel=0
A Man without Equal by Bill Bright:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiVa7UoruIo
Seeking God Made Real:
http://vimeo.com/31489782
Prayer Made Real:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc8VdMV26VE
Importance of Choice:
http://creationhealth.com/CREATION-Health/Choice [click on video]
Medical Seminar on Healthful Living by David
DeRose, MD, MPH:
https://www.smartlifestyletv.com/lifestart
LINKS FOR BIBLE STUDIES
Lifting Up Jesus Bible Studies:
http://www.liftingupjesus.net/
Amazing Facts Bible Studies:
http://www.amazingfacts.org/bible-study/bible-study-guides.aspx
Hope Awakens Bible Study Guides:
https://www.hopeawakens.study/lesson-header;id=2
Glow Tract Video Bible Studies:
http://www.bibleresearch.info/
LINKS FOR BIBLE PROPHECY SEMINARS
Unlocking Bible Prophecies by Cami Oetman of
Adventist World Radio (currently live):
https://bible.awr.org/the-warning/
Hope Awakens by John Bradshaw of IIW:
https://itiswritten.tv/programs/hope-awakens
The Last Day of Prophecy by Pastor Doug
Batchelor:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmGvdtMCf1aJTiC59-lPtuUMEq_uEn0BK
Prophecies Decoded by Pastor Ron Clouzet:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A435C5373550657