All Things New - Revelation 21:5

Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.” - Revelation 21:5

A New Year has arrived and with it concerns, fears, and trepidations are sure to abound. After all, 2015 was a hot mess for Bible-believing Christians. I would recount all the terrible news we’ve had to deal with but it would only serve to depress most. Suffice to say that just when we thought (hoped and prayed) that it couldn’t get worse . . . it did and with a vengeance! So what can we expect in the coming year. There will be a Presidential election so perhaps and hopefully we get a real Christian for our new Commander-In-Chief. But that would still fall far short of the national revival this country so desperately needs. The answer is we continue to keep the faith; we hold on - “He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” - Revelation 21:7-8.
Let’s face it. It may not be today or tomorrow; it may not even be in 2016 but be assured - He will return just as He said He would. Will we be ready? “Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” Matthew 24:42-44.
We must keep our faith in God alive and well during the driest season, during the monsoons, during the darkest days and during the brightest and salvation will be ours. No matter what we are forced to endure we must maintain our faith in His return. We will not be disappointed. The glory of heaven awaits us. And for those who remain stiff-necked in their unbelief? There is still time to repent, -“But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.” - Revelation 21:27. Their time is indeed running out. But for those of us who believe, let us all look forward to Christ making all thing new. A very blessed New Year to all.