{"id":641,"date":"2008-11-28T00:08:53","date_gmt":"2008-11-28T06:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnac.org\/blog\/?p=641"},"modified":"2008-11-20T11:12:02","modified_gmt":"2008-11-20T17:12:02","slug":"a-new-heaven-and-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=641","title":{"rendered":"A New Heaven and Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153And 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. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write for these words are true and faithful\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/em>(Revelation 21:4-5).<\/p>\n<p>Even with my vivid imagination, I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t begin to think how John must have felt as God shared His plans for the future heaven and earth. I think I would have been somewhere between overwhelmed and dancing for joy. <\/p>\n<p>We saw in Wednesday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s devotion how Adam and Eve had lost their paradise. God never duplicated a Garden of Eden after sin entered the world. However, because of Christ\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death on the cross, we have the blessed hope of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a new heaven and a new earth.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I think it will surpass the beauty and bliss of the garden. We will see what it is like to live in a perfect world, free of all the things we face in our world today. I get excited thinking about no more sin, death, tears, sickness or pain. That feeling heightens when I think of getting to see Jesus and thank Him for making it all possible.<\/p>\n<p>Our Creator is presently creating a place for us to live when we go to be with Him. (John 14:1-3)  We can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t begin to imagine what all He has in store for us. We all wish we could catch a glimpse like John did, but press on, dear hearts; it will be more than we ever dreamed.<\/p>\n<p>Sue Winchester<br \/>\nMissouri<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRAY TOGETHER: <\/strong> Pray for the many persecuted Christians around the world today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153And 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. And he that sat upon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/?p=641\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotional"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnac.org\/twg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}