Biblical Reflections · Christian Life

Wiping away our tears—is it possible?

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Revelation 21:1-4

“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I, John, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. I heard a loud voice from heaven saying: Look, God’s dwelling is with humankind, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be their God with them. God will wipe every tear from their eyes; death will be no more, and there will be no more mourning, crying, or pain, for the former things have passed away.” (Revelation 21:1-4)

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Most of us begin life crying when we are born… Many say this is because the first air expelled by the lungs causes pain, while others attribute it to the baby’s stress at birth: moving from a comfortable, safe environment into a completely unfamiliar one. Yet when the baby is placed skin to skin with its mother, the crying stops; the baby feels protected, safe, and cared for.

“I am worn out from groaning; every night I flood my bed with weeping and drench it with my tears. My eyes are worn out from suffering; they have grown old because of all who torment me.” (Psalms 6:6-7)

As we grow, we cry over different situations that bring us pain and discouragement

“My face is swollen from weeping, and darkness covers my eyelids, though there is no wrongdoing in my hands and my prayer has been pure.” (Job 16:16-17)

Someone’s death and the process of mourning

“When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said: Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who accompanied her also weeping, he was deeply stirred in spirit and troubled. He said: Where have you laid him? They said: Lord, come and see. Jesus wept.” (John 11:32-35)

Helplessness, suffering, and insults

“My tears have been my bread day and night, while they say to me every day: Where is your God?” (Psalms 42:3)

But did you know that someone suffered and shed far more tears than we have?

He was

“Despised and rejected among men, a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering; we hid our faces from him, he was despised, and we did not value him. Surely he bore our illnesses and suffered our pains, yet we considered him stricken, wounded by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our rebellions, crushed for our sins; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wound we were healed. We all went astray like sheep, each turning to our own way, but the LORD laid upon him the sin of us all. Distressed and afflicted, he did not open his mouth; like a lamb he was led to slaughter, and like a sheep before its shearers, he remained silent and did not open his mouth.” (Isaiah 53:3-7)

“Just as many were appalled at you, his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of other men, and his beauty beyond that of the children of men.” (Isaiah 52:14)

And as if this were not enough, he was

“…poured out like water, and all my bones were pulled out of joint. My heart was like wax, melting within me. My strength dried up like a shard of pottery, and my tongue clung to my palate; you have laid me in the dust of death. For dogs have surrounded me; a band of evildoers has encircled me; they pierced my hands and my feet.” (Psalms 22:14-16)

Yet he rose again

“For I first taught you what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he rose on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas and then to the twelve. Afterward he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, many of whom are still alive, though others have fallen asleep.” (1 Corinthians 15:3-6)

And then

“After speaking to them, the Lord was taken up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God.” (Mark 16:19)

This is Jesus!

Everything written and everything prophesied was fulfilled! Jesus experienced all this and much more! He knows our suffering and our tears… and he understands us!

He is the one who promised to turn our mourning into dancing and clothe us with joy, the one who placed a new song in our mouths (Psalms 30:11-12)… He is the one who says:

“I have seen his ways, but I will heal him, shepherd him, and give comfort to him and to those who mourn with him. I will produce the fruit of lips: Peace, peace to those far away and those near, says the LORD, and I will heal him.” (Isaiah 57:18-19)

So… is wiping away our tears possible?

“To the one who is able to do all things far more abundantly than we ask or understand, according to the power at work in us, to him be glory in the church in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” (Ephesians 3:20-21)

This great, wonderful, and mighty one is the one who promises that

“God will wipe every tear from their eyes; death will be no more, and there will be no more mourning, crying, or pain, for the former things have passed away.” (Revelation 21:4)

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May God continue to bless you, and may you keep enjoying an excellent day in Christ Jesus!