In this "Revelation" devotional, Senior Pastor Mike Woodruff examines a curious and easily overlooked detail from Revelation 21:1: in the vision of the new creation, "the sea was no more."

For those who love the ocean, this might initially sound like a loss. But Pastor Mike explains that in the biblical imagination—especially for the Jewish people—the sea was rarely neutral. It was a symbol of chaos, danger, separation, and the untamed forces of evil and trouble. From the formless deep in Genesis to the pounding waves in the Psalms, the sea represented everything that opposes God's order and peace.

When John writes from the isolation of Patmos, separated from his churches by water, this promise carries profound hope: in the new heaven and new earth, all barriers, chaos, and fear will be utterly gone. This isn't a geographical statement about missing beaches, but a theological promise of ultimate restoration where every threat is removed and God's people dwell in perfect security and peace.

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