Reading:
For,
behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be
remembered, nor come into mind. But be
ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I
create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my
people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice
of crying.
Commentary:
Our
Lord here speaks of creating a new heaven and earth, and "the former shall
not be remembered nor come to mind."
We also know this world will be annihilated on the Last Day, and it is
certain we will have no painful memories of the past. Regarding heaven we should be careful
concerning the many books in this world, where people describe out of body experiences,
special dreams or visions regarding heaven.
What validity ought we to give such dreams and visions, as opposed to
the absolute certainty of God's inspired Word?
Did God not reveal enough for us in the Scripture, so that we must have
new relevant information about heaven?
Paul writes, "now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to
face." In the other verses of
Isaiah, we see God's creation of Jerusalem, "for behold, I create
Jerusalem a rejoicing and her people a joy." Jerusalem is the True Church of all
believers, a.k.a., Zion, or Israel. He
created us, gave us faith, when He called us by the Gospel. "Hold that fast which thou hast, that no
man take thy crown."
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