“The climax of Revelation is seeing the result of God’s plan revealed. As we near the end of his visions, John sees the very thing Christ would suffer on the cross for — what the Spirit is at work in preparing the church for. Jesus’ death and resurrection had already struck the mortal blow against death, the final enemy of God’s people. And deaths final judgement will lead to a renewal of the entire created order. God’s plan from before he lay the foundations of the world to eliminate the fatal infection of evil from his people. The old order was bondage and death, but the new is freedom and safety in Christ Jesus.”
(Originally preached on July 29, 2018)