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Day 29 of 30 · 30 Days of Hope

‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”

And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

CONTEXT

Original word: πόνος (pónos) · toil, i.e. (by implication) anguish

REFLECTION

God's faithfulness in the past is a reason for hope today. What has God already done in the story around Revelation 21:4?

PRAYER

Faithful God, thank you for your promises. Help me to hold on to them when I cannot see the way. Amen.

QUESTION

How could this passage change one conversation you have today?

ONE ACTION TODAY

Take five quiet minutes and read the passage again aloud.

Reflections are drafts awaiting pastoral review.

Source

The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (BSB). Public domain (dedicated to the public domain by BSB Publishing as of April 30, 2023). Source: eBible.org (engbsb). Editorial rendering: in this app the divine name "Yahweh" is displayed and read aloud as "God" (and "Yahweh God" as "God"). The stored text and the imported source are unchanged; this is a display-layer substitution, not part of the translation.