We are "accepted in the Beloved" when we believe in him whom God has set forth to be our righteousness. his Throne. Astronomers tell us that, within living memory, several starry worlds have burnt out, and vanished out of sight. And if we might be permitted to dream for a moment of what it would have been if it had continued as God created it, one might fancy what a blessed world it would be at this moment. And it will sometimes happen that we leave so much anxiety, adversity, and chastisement behind us, that it is a relief to hope that the tide has turned, and that a course of comfort, prosperity, and mercy lies before us. Why should he not make thee new? While men will frequently dote upon the old, they are most easily dazzled by the new. Of Jesus the demand was made and he met it. Genesis and Revelation contrasted. Amen. I do not know that I admire brethren for calling out in the service as our friends did just now; but I certainly do not blame them. a spiritual existence. This our Lord Jesus Christ has done upon the greatest scale. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand furlongs. Behold I make all things new." For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters. Revelation vii. Temple Section-The Former Resurrection _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._. In this respect, we are all children, for we eagerly demand the news of the day, and are all too apt to rush after the "many inventions" of the hour. The wilderness of destruction lies before you. And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. And I saw Leaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. Now the veil lifts for the Certainly it is most true of the celestial city, as well as of the millennial city, that the throne of God and of the , Till We Meet Again 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. The doctrine of the new heaven and the new earth goes back to Isaiah The sea now cannot rest nor be quiet, but all shall be calm and tranquil in the new heaven and the new earth. Revelation 21:8New International Version. (Isaiah 65:17 ). My own health is precarious. Peculiarities The expressions for Christ in the Revelation are as follows: The Lamb (28 x) 5:6.8.12.13; 6:1.16; 7:9.10.14.17; 12:11; 13:8; 14:1.4 (2 x).10; 15:3; 17:14 (2 x); 19:7.9; 21:9.14.22.23.27; 22:1.3. _a new heaven and a new earth_ Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22; referred 2 And I saw the And as for ourselves, dear friends, mournfully as we sometimes think of the flight of time, we are wont cheerfully to look out upon the new epochs as they begin to dawn upon us. The Athenians, who spent their time in telling and hearing some new thing, were by no means singular persons: novelty still fascinates the crowd. first earth are pass Strauss-' Comments "God never wearies of the precious blood," Spurgeon says, "nor will His people who know where their salvation lies." The gospel is far greater than most of us imagine. 1. MEN GENERALLY venerate antiquity. That was all I was able to say just then. Oh, it is wonderful how different a thing becomes when it is taken to God. Did not the morning stars sing together for joy when he made the world? "Ah, my dear brother," I said, "that is because you do not know much about me." You young people, as soon as ever you know the Lord, I exhort you to study well that word "covenant." He that rightly understands the difference between the two covenants has the foundation of sound theology laid in his mind. He makes all things new." not diffi, And I saw So it runs, Revelation 19:11, Revelation 20:1, ]. _The new heaven and the new earth_, 1. We will. Thus we fell into condemnation through another, and we rise into justification through another. I wanted to shout badly on Sunday morning; but as everybody else was quiet, I held my tongue." This renewing work has been in our Lord's hands from of old. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. Sorrow shalt cease, and tears shall be wiped away. away. "I make all things." We will not go on with that lamentation, but we will hear the cheering word, "Behold, I make all things new." See the Saviour then, in groans and pangs which cannot be described, bearing the curse of God, for he made him to be sin for us, though he knew no sin. In fact, I dread everything." people do not die without hope. God means that this planet should continue to exist after it has had a new creation, and renewed its youth. The Book of Genesis is commonly He is a man dressed in the common garments of the poor! How it can turn us! And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. A world where every man would have been a priest, and every house a temple, and every garment a vestment, and every meal a sacrifice, and every place holiness to the Lord, for the tabernacle of God would have been among them, and God himself would have dwelt among them! It rejoices in hopes which once seemed idle as dreams. 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. But, even if you do not, we shall pray for you; and we were sure that you opposed our intercessions, and were even angry with them, we should pray all the more, for we mean to have you won for Jesus, by the grace of God, and you may as well come soon as late. it is a horrible world, appalling to think of. All these. REVELATION When God spake and said, "Let there be light," it was a fiat which showed him to be divine. I forget a great many of you who are saved; but I always pray for them. I hear how these people of God cry 'Hallelujah!' And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. They that walk in the light of his countenance can say of the Lord Jesus, "Thou hast the dew of thy youth"; and that dew falls upon those who dwell with him. Old Testament analogies of the coming Marriage in the skies. What though he pleases to take his time, and to use humble instrumentalities to effect his purposes, yet do it he will. I have had a weary time of late. You may put it among the most golden sentences like a precious stone in a setting of pure gold, and it will never be out of order come when it may. their substance, but in their qualities. Why, either you and I are turned upside down in nature, or the world is. Observe the text speaks of: "I make." Grace works a very deep, striking, and lasting change. You who have dear friends who lie upon your bosom, as you anxiously think of them, pray the Lord Jesus to make them new. "Behold, I make." He can make that prayer-meeting no longer a dreary affair, but quite a new thing to you and all the people. He can bring your children to bow at the family altar, and to rejoice with you in Christ. Let me just say a few words to those of you who love the Lord. THE first saints could never be long without speaking of their Lord and Saviour. What law could not do, grace has accomplished. Revelation 21:5 . THE first part of the final triumph of the Lamb has been accomplished, You will not be at all tired of your godly work, but love it better than ever. Yes, and the glorified Church herself, because of this light, sheds such a bright light on all within her that all the saints rejoice in her light. New desires are felt to which we were strangers in our former state. The endless end of evil has passed before the vision of the seer, and He has no soldiery, no book of laws, no new philosophy. We shall be young if we keep with the ever young and fresh Beloved, whose locks are bushy and black as a raven. Let us have a little indulgence to-night. Who is the great I? Stand and look at it! That, also, is divine. We have the first-fruits of the Spirit, and we groan within ourselves while we wait for the fullness of that new creation. Some of you have heart-breakers at home: the Lord break their hearts. REVELATION 21:1 TO REVELATION 22:5. It will be easier, a great deal, depend upon it, even for God to make you new, than to mend you; for the fact is that "the carnal mind is enmity against God," and is not reconciled to God, neither, indeed, can be; so that mending will not answer; you must be made anew. THE SEVENTH VISION: OF THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM. said I. INTRODUCTORY WORDS O anxious one, it can turn you! You shall pray, "Lord, make my wife new." Dost thou not know, dear heart, that the Spirit of God has regenerated men and women quite as far gone as thou art? It is What a splendor of almighty goodness shines out upon our souls! 'A New Creation' and 'Sermon for New Year's-Day', A Sermon Published on Thursday, July 15th, 1915. Revelation 21:7-8. You will break your resolutions, and be nothing bettered by your attempts at reform. He has given us himself and his all-sufficiency for our everlasting portion; what more can we desire? Revelation 21:22. The whole creation is travailing, all time is groaning, providence is working, grace is striving, and all for one end, the bringing forth of the new and better age. What an alteration in Ellen!" In some matters "the old is better." You know that the stones of which this holy city is built are living stones. New principles stir the new nature which God has given. THE HEAVENLY GLORY Then another with great tenderness prayed for his children. Look there and see the dying thief upon the cross, black with a thousand crimes: I washed him and took him to Paradise the same day; what can I not do? Who can make but God, the Maker of heaven and earth? With this verse begins the closing passage of the book of God: the revelation of the things beyond the end. what a great comfort they are; just as much so as they formerly were a sorrow. _ (G565) I will pray, "Lord, make my children new." It is filled with a divine enthusiasm which it once rejected as fanatical. If you go through the valleys of Switzerland, you will find yourself get feverish and heavy in spirit, and you will see many idiots, persons with the goitre, and people greatly afflicted. To-day believers are not under the covenant of "If thou doest this thou shalt live," but under that new covenant which says, "Their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." "Well, I am going to mend myself," says one: "I have taken the pledge, and I am going to be honest, and chaste, and religious." Revelation Revelation He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. It loves what once it hated; it hates what once it loved. A brother said to me some time ago, "Dear sir, I frequently grow very sleepy in my walk with God. "Behold I make all things new" is a mysterious voice from the broken heart of a dying Saviour. And he said unto me, It is done. You recollect how it was made at first pure and perfect. And unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers. Revelation 21:19. Only let one man lift his finger, and a hundred thousand men are ready to meet a hundred thousand other men, all intent upon doing what? John in Vision is led to see the New Jerusalem. But there came a serpent, and his craft spoiled it all. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Faith has brought us into the possession of an indefeasible salvation; and now for the love we bear our Savior, we must obey him and become "zealous for good works." Gratitude is its mainspring: "We love him because he first loved us." He has put a new song into our mouths, and we must sing it. Why should some of you be living at a penny a day and starving yourselves, when your Father would give you to live like princes of the blood royal if you would but trust him? There shall be a new heaven and a new earth, so says the first verse of this chapter; and therefore there will be nothing to weep over concerning the Fall and its consequent miseries. In our heart there is a new heaven and a new earth. The ab. We cannot demand the servile wage because we have already all that our Father possesses. It is coming. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. Now the veil lifts for the last time, and we behold the new universe. So men may launch their divers theories, and patent their social inventions, but after they have re-shaped the society of sinners, they will leave it a sinful society still. Ah, we blush to think what our joys used to be; but they are heavenly now. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. I say this with very great shame shame for myself, and shame for the brother who led me to make the confession. Revelation 21:8. It is written, "By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities"; and this scripture is fulfilled in all those who believe in the Lord Jesus unto eternal life. city of God men had looked through long generations. resurrection. "Behold, I make all things new." Who but the eternal Son of God? You say to him, "There are your wages: go." Anything new has at least one attraction. and face of the church; but some apply it to the state of the church I suppose the best of men must do so at times. Hope springs up at the first sound of such words as these from the lips of our risen and reigning Lord: "Behold, I make all things new."
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