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NASB | Revelation 21:4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 21:4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be death; there will no longer be sorrow and anguish, or crying, or pain; for the former order of things has passed away." [Is 25:8; 35:10] |
Subject: family in heaven |
Bible Note: Hi, Lionheart... Jonathan Edwards, in one of his famous sermons in 1741 said, "There will be something accomplished and brought to pass, that will be dreadful with a Witness. When the great and angry God hath risen up and executed his awful Vengeance on the poor Sinner; and the Wretch is actually suffering the infinite Weight and Power of His Indignation, then will God call upon the whole Universe to behold that awful Majesty, and mighty Power that is to be seen in it." For which he sites Isaiah 33:12-15, "The peoples will be burned to lime, Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire. You who are far away, hear what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might. Sinners in Zion are terrified; Trembling has seized the godless. Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with continual burning? He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, He who rejects unjust gain And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil." We will be witness to God's loving kindness as well as His wrath. The former to the glory of His loving kindness and the latter to the glory of His righteous holiness. I do not fully understand, nor do I think that any of us can understand, but one thing is certain: God will be glorified in everything that He does. When we think about this now, there seems to be a great horror and grieving in our imagination concerning these things. We must remember, though, that we see darkly as in a mirror. When we are made like our Lord Jesus, we will see clearly, and be witnesses to God's glory. In Him, Doc |