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Dorset County Council
Dear Friends - we don’t really know what tomorrow will hold. Some days, time passes slowly and the day can feel mundane and tedious, while on other days we may have the joy of a loved one’s phone call or a pleasant surprise. But at other times, life can be gruelling, agonizing even, and the days feel never-ending. But despite life’s unpredictable ups and downs, we can still be securely grounded in God’s peace - because we know the end of the story. We know who ‘wins’. Chapter 20 in Revelation, the Bible’s final book, lifts the curtain on that spectacular finale. After the final defeat of death and evil in chapter 21 John describes a beautiful victory scene:
[1] 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.
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[2] And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
[3] And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
‘See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them;
[4] he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.’
On difficult days, we can cling to this promise. No more loss or weeping. No more what-ifs or broken hearts. Instead, we’ll spend eternity together with our Saviour - and the other saints who have gone before us. What a glorious celebration that will be!
