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A Fresh Start
What does the end of all things actually look like, and what does it mean for how we live right now? Drawing from Revelation chapters 20 through 22, Pastor Hilton explores the breathtaking vision of a new heaven and a new earth, where God dwells with his people, sadness and pain cease to exist, and darkness is permanently driven out by the glory of God's presence. The Great White Throne Judgment reminds us that sin carries eternal weight, while the New Jerusalem descending like a bride adorned for her husband paints a picture of unimaginable beauty and restoration. The tree of life, once lost in the garden, returns as a symbol of wholeness and completeness. These are not distant, abstract ideas. They are the destination toward which all of history is moving, and they call us to ask ourselves whether we are living with that destination in mind. As Romans 8:18 reminds us, the suffering of this present life does not compare to the glory that is coming. That truth is not meant to make us passive. It is meant to set us on fire.
