Heaven is characterized as much by the things that will not be there as by the things that will.
Verse four says, “And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” The Bible does not say there will be no tears in Heaven. He says that there will come a time that he will wipe away all our tears. There will be no more death. There are no funeral processions or cemeteries in Heaven. No cancer, aids, drug addiction, alcohol addiction, no sickness- no more pain. I know there are some that live with pain every day of your life. Some of you are physically hurting but you go to church anyway and you serve Him daily. For others of you, the pain is not physical it is emotional pain that you have to deal with, the pain of rejection, the pain of loss, the pain of failure, the pain of disappointment …Pain is a part of life here on earth, but God says there will be no more pain.
Heaven is also characterized by the absence of sin. In verse eight John says, “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death… (27) But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.” Friends It’s our job to make sure all our loved ones are on the way to Heaven. Do it lovingly ….
Rev Ran 🙂