This is the first of five statements in the last two chapters of Revelation about those who will not enter heaven.  I think this is a warning to many who think that is their destination, but are only fooling themselves.

Like a loving parent, God wipes the tears away from our eyes.  It is a picture of compassion, but also is a promise that tears will not return.

He wipes away every tear and makes all things new.  Can we begin to imagine how awesome eternity will be?

A message delivered by John Doyle.

You stand before the judge, and he asks for a book.  It is a thick book.  You look for the title, but all you see on the cover is your own name.  He begins to read, and you realize it is not fiction, and it is not abridged.  It is not long before you want to crawl into a hole and hide, but you cannot.  Unless your name is in that other book…

The Millennium ends with the final final battle, and the last last days.  Once again the nations gather in rebellion against God, once again He emerges victorious.  This time we have the true end of the world, followed by a new heaven and a new earth.

Satan will lie in prison, Jesus will rule on earth, and things will be as they should be, for 1,000 years.

Every Christian will agree that Jesus’ victory is never in doubt.  So why do we so often live as if we don’t believe it?

The wedding supper of the Lamb precedes the final battle.  Jesus claims His bride before He claims His throne.  It is time for the bride to rejoice.

After reading about the destruction of the harlot (religion) in chapter 17, we turn to the removal of man’s other God, money.  Merchants are addressed four times in this chapter.  They are those who value money above all else, and they are told to weep and wail.