- ALL THINGS DONE IN DARKNESS WILL COME TO LIGHT. FULL
- ALL THINGS DONE IN DARKNESS WILL COME TO LIGHT. SERIES
Think about what this phrase is saying: “ night will be no more“ We’re not supposed to read this and ask “Will there be sun or moon in the new creation? Will we need to sleep? How can there be months (v.2) if there’s no day/night cycle to distinguish days and months?” No! John is describing eternal life with God in the restored creation with beautiful language that we can understand. The focus here is not so much on what this will look or be like literally. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever” (Rev 22:5). It’s rest, satisfaction, peace, and joy.īut notice the depiction of the new heavens and new earth found in verse 5: “And night will be no more. It’s the experience of unending fellowship with God-knowing him, loving him, obeying him, and enjoying him forever. This is not simply everlasting life it’s more so everlasting communion with God. All of this is a picture of eternal life. The eternal life which God gives to his people will be constantly available to nourish us, and will heal the effects of every former sin. The two images we find here-a river of living water, streaming from the throne of God and the Lamb and “the tree of life” with its abundant supply of fruit and healing leaves-depict the results of Christ’s saving work.īecause of Christ’s death and resurrection, because he triumphed over sin and death, the effects of sin are completely overcome here. Here, God and his redeemed people are together, face to face. This is a vivid picture of the new heavens and the new earth the city of God the people of God in a restored creation.
ALL THINGS DONE IN DARKNESS WILL COME TO LIGHT. FULL
Just as the Bible begins with God and man, dwelling together in perfect fellowship in a garden full of beauty, life, and joy, here we see the same Eden-like imagery. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever (Revelation 22:1-5). They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. It’s a passage full of imagery used throughout Scripture To do this, I want to read from the final chapter of the Bible: Revelation 22.
I want us to consider the blessed hope that all who trust in Christ possess now. So tonight, I want to briefly focus our attention on the coming Dawn. And until he comes, we walk by faith in the dark before the Dawn. One day, the risen Lord Jesus will return to rid this world of death’s dark shadow forever. While the God’s grace has appeared in Christ, from his cradle to his cross, we now wait “for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13). It’s also a time of awaiting his second advent-his coming back to the world in glory to reign as King. It’s the darkness of sin, of evil, of injustice, of uncertainty, of pain, of suffering-and it has yet to be fully dispelled.Īnd so, because of this, Christmas is not just a time of remembering Jesus’s first advent-his coming to the world in humility as a babe in a manger. Today, we find ourselves still waiting in a world of darkness. Friends, only Jesus can deliver us from the darkness.īut though Jesus conquered death by his own death and resurrection, and though he ascended to his Father as the King and Savior of the world, his kingdom still hasn’t come in all its fullness. By receiving him as the gift of God’s grace, his life can be our life. Now, by believing in his name, his light can be our light. He not only entered our dark world but also experienced the dreadful darkness of God’s judgment in our place-on behalf of all those who would believe in his name. Yet this Jesus, as truly God and yet truly man, took our sins upon himself when he laid down his life on the cross. He never chose the darkness of sin and pride, but obeyed the Law fully, loving God and neighbor from a true heart. You see, Jesus lived the life of obedience that we could have never lived. Jesus came into our world “to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.” God’s only Son was born to deliver us from sin’s dark night and bring us into the light of God’s glorious day. The night when Jesus was born, the sun of righteousness began to rise on our dark world.
ALL THINGS DONE IN DARKNESS WILL COME TO LIGHT. SERIES
This sermon was part of our 2019 Advent series and preached at our Christmas Candlelight service on December 22nd, 2019 by Pastor Matt Bedzyk.
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