Revelation 21:1-6 (NRSV)
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Chapter 21Then 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. Verse 2And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Verse 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them as their God; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; Verse 4he 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." Verse 5And the one who was seated on the throne said, "See, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true." Verse 6Then he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life.
Devotion
God's Ledger Book
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Credits: What is added
A new heaven
A new earth
New Jerusalem
God among mortals
God with them
All things new
Water of the thirsty
Water of life
Debits: What is taken away
The first heaven
The first earth
Sea is no more
Wipe away tears
Death no more
Mourning, crying and pain no more
First things passed away
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Sum Total: It is done!
Prayer
O God, you accomplish what we cannot. You make new what we experience as old and passing. We are thankful that the sum total of your work is hope and grace, light and life.