Revelation 21:4
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Tag: The Absence of Pain
Perhaps the hardest thing to watch and realize in the evening news is the remarkable amount of pain in this world. People hurt!! The amount of pain in our world is crushing. Dictators crushing their people for gain; cancer crushing our cells in the destruction of our loved ones; sexual trafficking and the objectification of woman; mental health issues that end in violence; marriages collapsing; child disobedience; government corruptions; corporate greed; educational inequality; racial tensions; physical ailments; cars, trucks, planes, and trains crashing; cheats; thieves; loss; confusion; and the list goes on and on. We live in a world full of pain. To calm that pain we self medicate; self absorb; self promote; self protect; self assure. Mankind, to avoid pain, does everything within them to prevent pain for them and their loved ones. We buy nice things to avoid pain. We tell ourselves lies to avoid the pain we feel. We pretend all is well so others don’t see the shame of pain in the depths of our soul. And, all this pain eventually consumes us in death. Yet, the above verse speaks of a time when there will be NO MORE pain!! NO MORE tears; NO MORE death. The book of the Revelation of Christ is the final chapter in the painful journey we call life. It ends, through Christ’s own pain in death, with NO MORE death. Christ’s death was all our pain placed on our God who was willing to bear it for us. Why? So that the above verse can be sung and shouted from the pew of every church and over the pain of every heart. There will be NO MORE ... pain!!! Christ assured it. We simply have to accept that truth and live our lives in the light of the fact that Christ will “WIPE AWAY” every tear, pain, death!! Praise Him.
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