The final scene of the Bible is not humans going up to heaven to dwell on clouds, but rather heaven coming down to Earth where God dwells with us. It is a beautiful reminder that just as God once made the world to be His dwelling place, so He will do so again when He comes in glory. But this is not only a reality we look forward to, it is one that we live in light of. Over and over again throughout the New Testament, the apostles remind us that we are people who bring those little foretastes of Revelation 21 into our daily lives, as we live as hopefully people looking forward to that eternal promise. In Colossians 3, Paul reminds us to live in light of that future reality in ways that stamp our everyday moments with the promise of new life. It shapes what we do, who we are, and how we live in a way that brings glory to God and inspires others to, likewise, hope in Him.