Question 52
What hope does everlasting life hold for us?
Revelation 21:1–4
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
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. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 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.”
Prayer
Infinite, eternal, redeemer God, who purchased the church with your own blood, we want to devote our strength, our life, our all to you. Our God and our adored Redeemer, we thank you for our eternal hope—that we will live with you and enjoy you forever. We praise you for the new city where love will be perfect, where we will sing hymns and songs of praise to you, and where your glory will be our uninterrupted and everlasting joy! Amen.
Derived and adapted from Abraham Booth’s prayer in “Confession of Faith” in Works of Abraham Booth: Late Pastor of the Baptist Church, Volume 1 (London: Button, 1813), xxxvi–xxxvii.
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