In the Passion of the Christ, there is a part where Jesus falls and has his head crushed by the cross. Seeing this, Mary rushes to his aid whilst there are flashbacks to how she did this when he was a boy. When she approaches him and rouses him, he responds inspirationally by saying, "I make all things new," before continuing to carry that rugged cross.
s
This statement, "I make all things new," is biblical. It's from a passage at the very end of the Bible; the second last chapter--from Revelation:
s
"He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."
s
s
"He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."
-Revelation 21:5-8 (NIV).
s
For God believers, Jesus gives the Spirit of making things new. We can approach life and all the things we do with an essence of re-creating good things from past wrongs. We can live this miraculous life. We "drink" this water at no cost. It is the blessing of the redeemed.
s
For those who go the opposite way we see their torment just now, don't we? We'd cry out if they'd listen. But their cause is so often forlorn, thos who choose the lie.
s
When the redeemed person might feel crushed, he or she can perhaps the very next day make all things new through him, our God. They're never ultimately defeated. They always live to fight (the good fight) one more day.
s
He, that is Jesus, makes all things new.
No comments:
Post a Comment