will will be, what won't be (revelation 21:3-4)

This message was preached at New Testament Christian Fellowship on June 6, 2021. In John 21:3-8, the Apostle hears TWO THINGS. The first is a MEGAPHONE (i.e. great voice) from heaven with a declaration of WHAT WILL BE (I.e. what has never been) and WHAT WON’T BE (I.e. what has always been) in the new heaven and the new earth. In other words, the long-standing law of creation, as defined in Ecclesiastes 3:15, finally EXPIRES. God declared such things to the captives of Israel through Ezekiel the Prophet that they might be ashamed of their iniquities (Ezekiel 43:10). Should what we see and hear in Revelation 21 not also make us ashamed of our iniquities before the LORD here in America?