No more Sorrow

Ever hope for a day free of pain? Long for peace? According to the Bible that day is coming. It says that someday, "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain".

First, how does God plan on accomplishing this? The Bible says, "the former things are passed away" and " And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." It seems the only way God can manage to bring peace to Earth is destroy it and start all over. I suppose I can accept the fact that the world is so screwed up that even God can't fix it... although it negates his all-powerfulness it can be argued that God can't accomplish it any other way without messing with free will, a constraint he put on himself.

The new heaven and new earth is not for everyone, though, "He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son." Sounds kind of vague but, basically, he's only going to wipe the tears of the overcomers. Who are these overcomers and what happens to those who aren't?

Ever fearful? You're not an overcomer. Struggle with unbelief? Not an overcomer. Tell lies? No overcoming there. And your fate? "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone" "and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever"

Let's say you're an overcomer and you get into the new earth and you have a family member that didn't quite cut it, they were the kind of person that jumped at their own shadow. How would you feel knowing a loved one is suffereing forever? Would you enjoy your new place? Would your tears be wiped away? Would there be no more sorrow?

Check today's link for the bible passages from which most of the quotes were taken.