The Lord declares: “for the son of man shall come in the glory of his father with his angels, and then reward every one according to their conduct” (Mt 16.27)

This is a promise of God for us; the great proclamation of the Old Testament: “Yes! I will create new heaven and Earth. ” (Is 65, 17a)

To make that promise, the Lord is not referring to a symbol, but the real thing. In fact, this “new heaven and a new Earth” follows the entire Bible.  It is found in the New Testament, the words of Jesus, the Acts of the Apostles, the letters of Peter, Paul and the Apocalypse. It is not, therefore, theological, but completion of the truth revealed by the Scriptures in multiple passes. The Lord did so to make sure we would have certainty of a new Earth and live on that expectation.

We Catholics in usually the throw everything into the sky to think: “at the end of the day, everyone is going to go there when we die!”. If so, the Lord  would not insist on saying, throughout the Bible, the Earth will be renewed.

After Sin entered the world, we were enveloped by a black cloud, polluted and caustic; We know only that  we live in it. In fact, this world is not what God wanted for us, this land was not raised that way. The Bible shows that.

Sin, the infamy that the enemy brought to us and to our Earth is responsible for this. And the evil is so vile that it anesthesized us; We didn’t realize how we live. The enemy of God does this to us so we don’t realize the misery that we have. But the Lord gives us the certainty that when we get to heaven again and to a New Heaven and a New Earth, everything will be different: “[…] because I will make Jerusalem a party of my people, a joy. I will party for Jerusalem, I have joy in my people! ” (Is 65, 18b-19a)

The joy and enthusiasm will be huge when the Lord gives us what he holds for us. So, we will consider the current life a lesser life, a subhuman life. “The old stuff will never be remembered, never will return to thought. But there will be joy and permanent party “(Is65, 17b-18a)

Can you imagine what it will be for each of us in that New Earth after we go through the valley of tears that is our life? We’re the banished children of Eve, the exiles on this earth … We cannot imagine what this new land will be.

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The word of God says:

“There no longer hear the sobbing of crying or the sigh of the moans. There will be no there children who only live a few days, or adults who don’t complete your days, it will be as a young man who dies with a hundred years. Does not reach the 100 years will be curse. Who do houses, will live, who plant vineyards, the fruit will eat. No one will build to another live, no one will plant to another to eat. The life of my people will be long as the trees, my chosen ones will enjoy the fruits of their work. Nobody will work without benefit, no one will bear children to die before their time, because this is the generation of the blessed of the Lord, she and her descendants. And then before you call me, I’m responding, to start talking, I’m picking up. Wolf and Lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat grass alongside the bull, as the snake, the Earth will be their food. No one will do evil, no one will think of harm in my holy mountain “-says the Lord (Is 65, 19b-25).

To deny the truth of the Bible, it would be necessary to rip many pages, including those of the Apocalypse, in which John tells us: “I saw a new heaven and a new Earth” (Rev 21, 1a) . John “saw”. Is the word of God. The Lord gives John the vision of this new land, but also of Heaven:

“Then I saw a new heaven and Earth. For the first heaven and the first Earth passed away, and the sea is no more. I saw the Holy City, new Jerusalem, coming down from the sky, along with God, dressed as a bride decked to their spouse. Then I heard a loud voice from the throne and say: ‘ this is the dwelling place of God-with-men. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death does not exist, and there will be no more mourning, nor crying, nor pain, because the former things have passed ‘. The one who sits on the throne said, ‘ behold, I make all things new. Later, he told me, ‘ Write, for these words are trustworthy and true faith ‘. And then he said to me: ‘ you’re done. I am alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. Who’s thirsty, I will give for free, life-giving water supply. These things are the inheritance of the winner, and I will be your God, and he shall be my son “(Ap -7 21.1)

You have to fight to get healthy in heaven, as this is the place for the determined, for the violent. Hell is for the weak, the weak and indecisive. If we fall while walking, the ideal solution is repentance. Repent immediately, because we have an advocate, a defense lawyer before the father: Jesus Christ the righteous. He is a victim of Expiation for our sins and those of the whole world.

No one will be here on Earth, forever. We will be transplanted to the place of the one we serve. We serve the God, our father, or we will serve the Prince of this world, who is a traitor, a usurper who wants to steal the children of God? You cannot serve, here, the Prince of this world and expect us to be transplanted to the House of God. Whether we like it or not, we will go to the arms that we serve in this life. Fortunately, you don’t have a place reserved in hell. You will only there if you want and insist on it. So, have your eyes always geared up, where is your treasure, the eternal place that God has for you.

Our goal should be to break with sin and follow God. Invest life into what is final: our address in the sky. That’s why we’re in the order of battle. We are not alone; with us is that “a woman clothed with the Sun”, the captain of the armies of the Lord, the one who advances ahead, gaining ground in the field of the enemy. One to whom we pray to saying:

“Who is this that advances as dawn, fair as the Moon, bright as the Sun, and terrible as an army in order of battle? This is Mary, the mother of Jesus, our mother! “

Article taken from the book: “Céus novos e uma terra nova”, [New Heavens and a New Earth] by Monsignor Jonas Abib

Monsignor Jonas Abib