Revelation 21:5

Revelation 21:5 describes God as the one who sits on the throne making 'all things new.' In what ways does He do this?

1. We become a new creation in Christ Jesus, through regeneration. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says 'Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold the new has come.'

2. By the renewing life of the Spirit within us, each and every day. 2 Corinthians 4:16 says, ' Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.'

3. Jesus Christ our atoning sacrifice and advocate to the Father. Hebrews 10:19 - 20 says this 'Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us throughby the curtain, that is, through his flesh.'

4. The eversurpassing glory of the new covenant. 2 Corinthians 3:7 - 9 reminds us 'Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end, will not the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? For if there was glory in the ministry of condemnation, the ministry of righteousness must far exceed it in glory.

5. The final day of restoration where all the curses of the earth are lifted. Revelation 21:1 -2 '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. 2I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.'

Praise God, the one who makes all things new!