“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the previous things have passed away.” Revelation 21:4 ESV
There are devastating circumstances that create such unimaginable heartbreak that we will’t imagine our hearts ever being whole again. Consider Corrie ten Boom facing the lack of her sister inside a Nazi concentration camp. Consider parents losing children to senseless deaths. Consider persecuted believers confined to labor camps or repeatedly imprisoned, all for the name of Jesus.
There are terrible heartaches whose sole comfort is that, for the Christian, death is barely a door resulting in everlasting life. Some of us must hold onto this hope that awaits like survivors at sea clinging to wreckage and scanning the horizon for rescue. We pray and we wait.
One day, Christ will return and make all things latest. When that day comes, hard because it is to assume from this outpost of glory, God will wipe every tear from our eyes. He guarantees that death will probably be no more and we’ll never again mourn, cry, or experience pain.
Hebrews 11, that “hall of religion,” tells of some believers who experienced victory and miracles on earth but others who faced torture and death. All had their eyes on “a greater country, a heavenly one.” (Hebrews 11:16).
If glory is your only hope, it’s a sure one. Let that bolster your heart until, ultimately, you arrive home.
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