HOPE FOR SOMETHING NEW
Text: Revelation 21:1-7
21 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.
2 And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
1. The Nature Of Our Hope (Rev. 21:1-2)
- The nature of our hope is found the words “coming down.”
- The climax of human history is the second return of Jesus to this world.
What is the resolution of history? It is a new
- v. 1 – Healed creation – There will be a new heaven and new earth.
- v. 3 – Healed relationships – God will tabernacle and dwell with us and we with Him.
- v. 4 – The results of the healing – There will be no more pain, sorrow, etc.
2. The Need For Hope (Rev. 21:4)
- Who was John writing to? He is writing to people in the first century who were suffering. Verse 4 is in direct application to his audience.
What did John give the people who were suffering? He gave them this hope of a new heaven and a new earth.
We are
- Our NOW
- In the darkness of pain and suffering, it is the light of
3. How Do We Receive Hope? (Rev. 21:5-7)
- You have to believe in the substitutionary
- On the cross Jesus experienced cosmic hopelessness on our behalf so that we could have hope.
- Jesus makes all things new. How? He came out of the
He is the firstfruits of the resurrection. He is the first installment of every promise to be fulfilled.
When we put our faith and trust in Jesus’ death and resurrection we receive life and hope.
- Nothing can rob us of our hope, not even