‘A new heaven and a new earth’ - vision & prayer

Morning: Psalms 66, 67; Isaiah 11:10-16; Revelation 20.11-21:8

Evening: Psalms 116, 117; 1 Samuel 2:1b – 10; Luke 1:5-25

When John of Patmos wrote down his Revelation of a new heaven and a new earth, he was trying to express in words something inexpressible. His vision is of the renewal of all things ... ‘A new heaven’ implies that we have misunderstood God but that we will come to see God more clearly. ‘A new earth’ suggests that we have misunderstood the earth and our relationship with it, and one day we will come to understand the preciousness and beauty of this blue planet where we live. A new heaven and a new earth ... John’s vision, our prayer.