We are saved by God, from God, for God. That is the full irony of the drama of salvation. Finally, we read of God’s promise of a new heaven and a new earth, the promise of a new Jerusalem that will descend from heaven itself. This is the capstone of the revelation that John received while exiled on the isle of Patmos.

The Bible tells us that the end of our sanctification will be our glorification, when all vestigial remnants of sin will be removed from our character. We will be pure. No more doubt. No more fear. No more error. No more pain. No more evil. All of these things will be gone for-ever. We will be like Christ, totally sanctified. We will see Him as He is in His unveiled splendor and glory. We will see something that will dwarf the vision that Isaiah had of the Holy One.

This is the destiny that God promises His people. This is the goal and purpose of our salvation. This is what we are saved for. We are saved by God, from God, for God. That is the full irony of the drama of salvation.

Finally, we read of God’s promise of a new heaven and a new earth, the promise of a new Jerusalem that will descend from heaven itself. This is the capstone of the revelation that John received while exiled on the isle of Patmos:

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 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 any-more, for the former things have passed away.”

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