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1 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. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 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; 4 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." 5 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." 6 Then he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. (Revelation 21:1-6a NRSV)
Happy Tuesday, dear Friend. May this be the day in which you bless God in ways you never thought possible.
Please note, dear reader the power and importance of verse 1 of this passage. Hold your finger in place in your Bible and flip back to the Old Testament book of Micah 7:19b: "You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea." For the Ancients, the sea was viewed as a void not to be messed with; and to have God "cast ALL of our sins into the sea" was quite a statement! And then in the page of the LAST book of the Bible to read "And the sea was no more," is to know that God does forgive, forget, and totally remove our sins from our lives. Amen.
This is the vision that The Apostle John had in his cave in the Isle of Patmos. God came to him when he longed to be in God's home for worship, and God revealed all the actions shared here. A glance back to the front part of verse one reveals something we don't spend much time on; Not only will there be a new heaven, there will be a new earth. The old ones will pass away. I don't know how that will work, but those who die in the Lord will either live in Heaven or on the new earth; but it will be our home. God's home, according to the vision is among God's created beings, the humans or "mortals." God will live among us; death is no longer a part of our lives; thus tears be no longer be a part of our reality, for God will do away with death, mourning and crying, and pain also will be done away with. And the declaration from the One seated on the throne is that all things are made new. He will be the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega, the A to Z in our alphabet; the beginning and the end.
Easter is not the end of the story—it’s the beginning of everything new. Resurrection isn’t just something that happened to Jesus; it’s the promise of what’s coming for the world, and for us. In Revelation 21, John paints a vision of what God’s completed work looks like: a new heaven, a new earth, and God living among us, wiping every tear from our eyes.
This passage gives us a holy preview of what resurrection leads to—a future where the brokenness of this world is completely undone. Death, mourning, crying, and pain will be things of the past. The God who raised Jesus is not content to leave us in a world of despair. Instead, He declares, “See, I am making all things new.”
What makes this passage even more profound is the intimacy of it. God doesn’t fix the world from a distance. He moves in. He lives with us. He wipes our tears Himself. It’s personal. It’s relational. It’s eternal.
The resurrection of Jesus is the down payment of this promise. Easter means we live as people of hope, not denial—honest about suffering, yet anchored in God’s promise to redeem it. It means we dare to imagine a world not defined by death, but by new life. And we don’t just wait for that world—we live like it’s coming.
PRAYER: God of resurrection and renewal, Thank You for the promise of a new heaven and a new earth. Thank You for wiping our tears, healing our hurts, and drawing near. Teach us to live as Easter people—full of hope, grounded in Your love, and committed to living as if the new creation has already begun. Make us vessels of Your healing, Your justice, and Your joy. In the name of the risen Christ, we pray. Amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord! OUR CALL TO ACTION: Live today in light of God's promise—bring hope where there is despair, love where there is division, and joy where there is sorrow. Let the world see resurrection through you.
I love you and I thank God for you!
Pastor Eradio Valverde, Jr.
