2 Peter 3:13, May 9, 2013

Bob Walther
2 Peter 3:13

"But in keeping with His promise, we are looking to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness."

This new heaven and new earth will be a place that God has prepared for the people that will remain for eternity, a place without sin where God will live with His people forever.

In Isaiah 65:17, we are told, "Behold, I will create a new heaven and a new Earth. The former things will not be remembered."

In Isaiah 66:22, we are told, "As the new heaven and the new earth that I make will endure before me, 'declares the Lord.' "So your name and descendants endure."

Isaiah's promises are confirmed in 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 linger any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God."

We have many questions for God to answer. When will this take place? What will the new world look like? Will it really last for ever? And there are so many more. We cannot seem to corner God.

One thing we can be certain of. In order to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, we must "change and become like children." (Matt 18:3). A little child is certain of its presence and lives a perfectly innocent delightful and healthy life.

We do not need to understand every thing about God's ways. We just need to have faith in his son, Jesus Christ.

We thank you God for your son and the words he left us. Let our faith in Christ, who died for us on the cross for our sins, sustain us as we live for the future life we are told to expect. Amen.