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For the text to this week's passage, please click Acts 1:14; For more information about Maranatha, please visit www.mbccolumbus.org

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For the text to this week's passage, please click Acts 1:12-13; For more information about Maranatha, please visit www.mbccolumbus.org

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Title: "A World Without Tears" - Revelation 21:1-4 Series: Heaven on Earth - Living in Light of Eternity (Week 1) Date: February 9, 2026 What do you actually believe about heaven? For many, the mental image is clouds, harps, and disembodied spirits floating in some ethereal realm. But what the Bible reveals about eternity is far more beautiful, more real, and more glorious than most of us imagine. This message launches a four-week series exploring what Scripture actually says about the world to come—and how understanding eternity changes how we live today. Using Revelation 21:1-4 as our foundation, we examined three beautiful truths about God's ultimate plan for His people and His creation. The passage begins with John's vision: "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away...And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 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 former things have passed away.'" First, God is making all things new. Notice carefully: John sees a new heaven AND a new earth—not just heaven. This is crucial. Most Christians think the hope of the gospel is escaping earth to live in heaven forever. But that's not what the Bible teaches. The Bible teaches restoration, not evacuation. God isn't abandoning His creation; He's redeeming it. He's making all things new. The Greek word for "new" here is kainos, which means renewed or made fresh, not neos (brand new, never existed before). God isn't starting from scratch—He's taking this creation, the one He called "very good" in Genesis, and renewing it, purifying it, perfecting it. We addressed an important theological question: How does this relate to 2 Peter 3:10, which speaks of the earth being destroyed by fire? There's a faithful debate among Bible-believing Christians on this point. Some teachers, like John MacArthur, believe God will completely destroy this earth and create an entirely brand new one from nothing—total replacement. Others, like Anthony Hoekema, Herman Bavinck, and many Reformed theologians, believe God will purify this earth by fire and renew it—restoration, not replacement. The renewal view seems supported by Romans 8:21 (creation itself will be "set free from bondage to corruption") and Acts 3:21 ("restoration of all things"). Either way, both views agree on what matters: whether God makes all NEW things or makes all things NEW, the result is the same—a perfect, physical world where God dwells with His people forever. We traced the story of Scripture from beginning to end: It starts in a garden (Genesis 1-2) where God creates a physical world and calls it "very good." Sin enters and creation is cursed, but God doesn't give up. The story ends (Revelation 21-22) in a garden-city, a new heaven and new earth where God's people live in physical, resurrected bodies in a restored creation. God is coming full circle: Creation → Fall → Redemption → Restoration. This means eternity won't be some strange, unfamiliar place. It will be this world—but healed. The mountains, oceans, beauty we see in creation will be there, but better, perfected, free from sin and death and decay. We'll have physical bodies like Jesus had after His resurrection. We'll eat, drink, work, create, explore, enjoy. Because God loves the physical world He created, and He's not throwing it away. Second, God will dwell with us forever. Verse 3 declares: "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man." This is the heart of the gospel, what everything has been building toward. Not just that we go to heaven, but that God comes to dwell with us—permanently, fully, without barriers. This has been God's desire from the beginning. We traced the progression through Scripture: In the Garden of Eden, God walked with Adam and Eve in intimacy and fellowship. After the fall, God gave Israel the Tabernacle—a tent where His presence dwelt among them in the wilderness. Then came the Temple—a permanent structure where God's glory filled the Holy of Holies, but His presence was separated by a veil that only the high priest could pass once a year. Then Jesus—Immanuel, "God with us." John 1:14 says "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us" (literally "tabernacled" among us). Then the Holy Spirit—dwelling IN believers, making our bodies temples. And finally, the New Creation—Revelation 21:3, God dwelling with His people forever with no separation, no barriers, no veil, no limits. Do you see the progression? Garden → Tabernacle → Temple → Jesus → Spirit → New Creation. God has been moving closer and closer, until finally He dwells with us completely. This is what we were made for—to be with God, to know Him, to enjoy Him forever. The verse continues: "God himself will be with them as their God." Not just His blessings or gifts, but GOD HIMSELF. This is why heaven is heaven—because God is there. If heaven had everything—beauty, joy, peace, perfection—but God wasn't there, it wouldn't be heaven. But God will be there, fully, visibly, intimately. We will see Him face to face (1 John 3:2). Not through a veil, not from a distance, not in shadows or glimpses, but face to face, fully known and fully loved. The deepest longing of the human heart—for intimacy, connection, to be fully known and fully loved—will be satisfied. Not by stuff or experiences, but by God Himself. Every good thing we've ever experienced is just an echo, a preview, a shadow of what it will be like to be with God forever. C.S. Lewis said, "If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." We were made for another world, and in that world, God will dwell with us forever. Third, God will wipe away every tear. Verse 4 gives us one of the most tender images in all of Scripture: "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes." Not that tears will just disappear or suffering will be forgotten, but that God Himself will wipe away every tear—personally, gently, completely. Picture the God of the universe, the Creator of all things, tenderly reaching down to wipe the tears from your eyes. Like a father comforting a child, like a mother soothing her baby. That's intimacy, that's love, that's the heart of God toward His people. Then comes the promise: "Death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." Four things gone forever: Death—no more funerals, goodbyes, or loss (1 Corinthians 15:26 says death is the last enemy to be destroyed, and it will be, completely). Mourning—no more grief over broken relationships or heartache over what could have been. Crying—no more tears of pain, loneliness, rejection, or disappointment. Pain—no more chronic illness, suffering, or physical or emotional agony. The curse of Genesis 3 will be fully reversed. We heard encouragement for those living with chronic pain from fibromyalgia and migraines, some days barely able to function despite prayers for healing and every treatment attempted. The message concluded with three applications: First, let this change your perspective on suffering. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 reminds us that our light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory, as we look to what is unseen and eternal. Your suffering is real but temporary; what's coming is eternal. Second, let this fuel your longing for Christ's return. The early church prayed "Maranatha"—"Come, Lord Jesus." Do we long for His return, or are we too comfortable here? Third, let this shape how you live today. If God is making all things new, then your life has meaning, your work has value, your relationships matter, your suffering isn't wasted. Live in light of eternity. God is making all things new. He will dwell with us forever. He will wipe away every tear. That's the world to come, and it's more beautiful than we can imagine. Key Scriptures: Revelation 21:1-4, Revelation 21:5, Romans 8:21, Acts 3:21, 2 Peter 3:10, John 1:14, 1 John 3:2, 1 Corinthians 15:26, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

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Dr. Dwayne Morris is an associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Watertown, where, in addition to his other duties, he now directs New Focus, an addiction recovery program. He has served in various capacities during his more than 40-year association with Maranatha and currently teaches part-time in the College of Bible and Church Ministries and the Department of Humanities. He and his wife, Angela, are parents to three Maranatha alumni. 

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For the text to this week's passage, please click Acts 1:12-13; For more information about Maranatha, please visit www.mbccolumbus.org

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Sunday, February 1, 2026

Sunday, February 1, 2026

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Sunday, January 25, 2026

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Even so, come Lord Jesus! Today we wrap up the Book of Revelation.  

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Craig Lawson [‘13] is the program director at Ironwood Christian Camp in Newberry Springs, California. Craig met and married his wife, Emily, while at Maranatha and then worked at MBU for a year following graduation. Summer ministry at Ironwood led them to join the resident staff in 2015. The Lawsons have two children who, by camp tradition, are dubbed “desert pygmies.”

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For the text to this week's passage, please click Acts 1:6-11; For more information about Maranatha, please visit www.mbccolumbus.org

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For the text to this week's passage, please click Acts 1:1-5; For more information about Maranatha, please visit www.mbccolumbus.org

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For the text to this week's passage, please click 2 Peter 1:3-4; For more information about Maranatha, please visit www.mbccolumbus.org

For the text to this week's passage, please click Acts 1:1-2; For more information about Maranatha, please visit www.mbccolumbus.org

En este 7x7 2026 respondemos: ¿Qué es la iglesia? La Biblia usa imágenes poderosas para describirla: familia, cuerpo, embajada, hospital, equipo, lugar de amor y novia que espera al Esposo. Veremos cómo la iglesia no es un edificio, sino un pueblo redimido por Cristo: amado por el Padre, llamado a vivir en unidad, enviado como embajador de reconciliación, y sostenido por la esperanza: “Maranatha, el Señor viene.”

En este 7x7 2026 respondemos: ¿Qué es la iglesia? La Biblia usa imágenes poderosas para describirla: familia, cuerpo, embajada, hospital, equipo, lugar de amor y novia que espera al Esposo. Veremos cómo la iglesia no es un edificio, sino un pueblo redimido por Cristo: amado por el Padre, llamado a vivir en unidad, enviado como embajador de reconciliación, y sostenido por la esperanza: “Maranatha, el Señor viene.”

Pastor Ray Bentley points out the real dynamic of the judgment to come during the last days. The presence of God is restraining, holding evil back from its full, disgusting intent. So when we come down and it says, oh, God's going to, you know, here's this judgment. You know what the judgment is. All he does is he lets loose, he lets go and says, okay, who starts the wars?