Revelation 21:4... He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, Death will be no more. Mourning and crying and pain will be no more for the first things have passed away.
This verse reminds me of an old preacher-theologian that I first heard about in seminary in the mid 1980s. For the life of me I cannot remember his name but I do still remember a thought in one of his books that has stayed with me all these years. He said that the greatest repentance comes not at the beginning of the Christian life but at the end of it. And what I take that to mean is that as we increase in our knowledge and love of God then we will also increase in our awareness of how far we have fallen short of them both. So perhaps our first full vision of the holiness and love of God will shatter us into tears before the beautiful Lamb of God will compassionately wipe them away for ever. Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the tears of the world!
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