There's No Place Like Home
Originally a homeschool channel, I now cover Bible topics that many Christians are afraid to tackle. Known for my Question the Narrative series, I also dig into difficult questions relayed to eschatology, in particular. I discuss preterism (both partial and full) and how that worldview impacts all aspects of the Christian faith.
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There's No Place Like Home
Update: The HVAC guy made some repairs, and so far, our furnace is back up and running. Praise God!
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There's No Place Like Home
We could use lots of prayers, everyone! Our furnace went kerplunk on the coldest weekend so far this winter. We've been having trouble with it turning off for several days. We had the HVAC guy out twice yesterday. Both times, it was running when he left but shut off shortly afterward. Please pray for my husband. He's feeling both the financial burden and the responsibility of keeping his family warm. Through it all, we'll keep trusting in the Lord!
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There's No Place Like Home
Yesterday, we talked about what scripture says about the New Jerusalem and how that differs from what most people believe. Today, let's cover God's promise of "no more tears."
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.”
Isaiah 25:8:
"He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken."
Just as with the New Jerusalem, our interpretation of these passages has been very literalistic.... and very western. Interestingly, there are some verses that contain covenantal language that we do properly understand, such as John 4:14:
"but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
I've never met anyone who believes that this means that believers will never be physically thirsty again. The same figurative language is used in Revelation 21:4 and Isaiah 25:8, and the context is found in those verses.
"... for the former things have passed away." What former things? The elements of the old covenant system.
"... the reproach of His people will be taken away from all the earth." What reproach? The reproach stemming from their consistent failure at keeping the Law.
Throughout the Old Testament, images of the people of Israel weeping over their failure to keep the Law, culminating in their spiritual separation from God abound. Jeremiah is known as the weeping prophet because of the abundance of these images in his prophecies.
Jeremiah 13:17:
"But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive."
Psalm 119:136:
"My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed."
(The rest of the caption is in the second image.)
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