He Make all things new

Revelation 21:5–6 TPT

And God-Enthroned spoke to me and said, “Consider this! I am making everything to be new and fresh. Write down at once all that I have told you, because each word is trustworthy and dependable.” Then he said to me, “It has been accomplished! For I am the Aleph and the Tav, the beginning and the end. I will give water to all who are thirsty. As my gracious gift, they will continuously drink from the fountain of living water.

Behold, I make all things new—As the creation of the world at the beginning was the work of God alone, so this new creation.

These words are true and faithful—Truth refers to the promise of these changes; faithfulness, to the fulfillment of these promises.

Revelation 21:6 LEB

And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water from the spring of the water of life freely.

It is done—All is determined, and shall be fulfilled in due time. The great drama is finished, and what was intended is now completed; referring to the period alluded to by the angel.

I am Alpha and Omega—See on Revelation 1:8 (note).

The fountain of the water of life—See on John 4:10 (note), 4:14 (note); 7:37 (note), etc.

21:6 Just as God finished the work of creation Genesis 2:1-3 (NASB) 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. 2 By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

and Jesus finished the work of redemption John 19:30 (NASB) 30 Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit. so the Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit - will finish the entire plan of salvation by inviting the redeemed into a new creation.

The new creation.

“And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.” Two facts suggested in these words are worthy of notice.

1. Christ is invested with the government of our world. “He that sat [sitteth] upon the throne.” “He is exalted far above all principalities,” etc. Glorious fact this. It explains the continuation of sinners in such a world as this, and encourages us to take a deep interest in all the operations of Providence.

2. The other fact suggested is, Christ in the exercise of his authority is engaged in the work of moral creation. “He that sitteth upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.” The spiritual renovation of our world is here represented as a creation. Notice two things: the resemblance and the dissimilarity between the spiritual reformation of man and the natural creation.

I. THE RESEMBLANCE. There must be a resemblance, or else the figure would not be employed as it is here and elsewhere Isaiah 65:17-19 (NASB) 17 "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind. 18 "But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for gladness. 19 "I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the sound of crying.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NASB) 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

What are the points of resemblance?

1. In both there is the production of a new order of things. From chaos of old, God, by his creative command, brought life, beauty, light, etc.; and from the corrupt soul of man, by his redemptive power, he evolves, develop high spiritual virtues.

2. In both there is the production of something new by the Divine agency. Who created the heavens and the earth, etc.? God, and he only. Who creates a soul? The same glorious Being.

3. In both there is a production of the new according to a Divine plan. Every part of the universe is created on a plan. Science discovers this. In conversion it is so Ephesians 2:10 (NLT2) 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:10 (PassionNTPsa) We have become his poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny he has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!

4. In both there is the production of the new for his own glory. “The heavens declare his glory.” The conversion of men reveals the glory of God.

5. In both there is the production of the new in a gradual way. Geology and the Bible show that the work of creation is a very gradual work. It is so with the work of spiritual reformation — very gradual. We are changed from Glory to Glory

II. THE DISSIMILARITY.

1. The one was produced out of nothing; the other from pre-existing materials. In conversion no new power is given to the soul, but the old ones are renovated and wrought into right action.

2. The one was affected without any obstructing force; the other is not. in creation God had only to speak, and it was done. Not so with conversion. There is the principle of free agency and depravity to contend with. Romans 6,7and 8

3. The one was produced by mere decree; the other requires the intervention of moral means. Nothing in the creation came between the work and the Divine will. In spiritual reformation it does; hence God had to bow the heavens and come down and become flesh. John 1:1-5 (NASB) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:14 (NASB) 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

4. The one placed man in a position material and insecure; the other placed him in a spiritual and safe abode. Adam was placed in a material paradise, and from his original position he fell. Conversion places men in a spiritual paradise, from which they will fall no more. They are “kept by the power of God.”

5. The one develops and displays God as the absolute Spirit; the other as the Divine Man. In spiritual manifestation he is “God manifest in the flesh,” full of condescension, tenderness, love.

Conclusion.

The subject presents:

1. A solemn question for us all. Are we “new creatures in Christ Jesus”? Have we been brought out of the moral chaos?

2. A bright prospect for the world. Christ is on his throne, and the work of moral creation is carried on, and will one day be completed.

God is the Creator. The Bible begins with the majestic story of his creation of the universe, and it concludes with his creation of a new heaven and a new earth. This is a tremendous hope and encouragement for the believer. When we are with God, with our sins forgiven and our future secure, we will be like Christ. We will be made perfect like him. He makes ALL THINGS NEW