Look! I am making all things new.—Rev.21:5 And the One seated on the throne said: “Look! I am making all things new.”Also he says: “Write, for these words are faithful* and true.” Do we yearn for the day when God makes all things new, removing the problems we now face? Though we have ample reason for believing that the end of Satan’s system is very near, it can be difficult to wait patiently for that day. Yet, the Bible shows that we must have patience. Like God’s servants before us, we will receive what God has promised if we have strong faith and wait patiently for his time to fulfill those promises. (Heb. 6:11, 12 But we desire each one of you to show the same industriousness so as to have the full assurance of the hope+ down to the end,+12 so that you may not become sluggish,+ but be imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.) Jehovah himself has been patient. He could have put an end to wickedness at any time, but he is waiting for the right time. (Rom. 9:20-24 But who are you, O man, to be answering back to God?+ Does the thing molded say to its molder: “Why did you make me this way?”+ 21 What? Does not the potter have authority over the clay+ to make from the same lump one vessel for an honorable use, another for a dishonorable use? 22 What, then, if God had the will to demonstrate his wrath and to make his power known, and he tolerated with much patience vessels of wrath made fit for destruction? 23 And if this was done to make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy,+ which he prepared beforehand for glory, 24 namely, us, whom he called not only from among Jews but also from among nations,+ what of it? ) Jehovah has been patient, knowing that it would take time to answer the questions raised by the rebellion in Eden. Having thorough knowledge of the deeds and attitudes of individuals in heaven and on earth, he certainly is acting in our best interests.—Heb. 4 And there is not a creation that is hidden from his sight,+ but all things are naked and openly exposed to the eyes of the one to whom we must give an account.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 11:33:31 +0000
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