"Behold, I make all things new. . ."?

Question

What does this mean to you? Does it apply in your daily life? How so? If you were to make all things new, how would you interpret those instructions and carry them out?

I think it's either Revelations 21 or 22 if memory serves

Answer 1

Have you ever had an "epiphany?" That is an undeniable change of perspective that results from an elevation of one's consciousness to a more sublime spiritual plane (my definition, not Webster's). When that happens, the things that used to concern you no longer do, the things you didn't think about before are now in the forefront, relationships are changed, attitude is changed, etc.

In short, all things become "new" as part of the experience of connecting with God. Wouldn't it be nice if that could happen daily?

Answer 2

I read the answers. One person asked who said it. The actor who played Jesus said it in "The Passion of The Christ." Another did not know the address. It is 2 Corinthians 5:17, according to the New Living Translation: "What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!"

The idea is this. In becoming a Christian, we acknowledge that we sin, missing the mark of perfection. We acknowledge that we have a tendency to want our way more than we want to love others, and no matter how hard we have tried to ALWAYS put others first, we keep getting in our own way and doing our own thing. We will never be able to love others to the degree we WANT to love others, and there's nothing we can do to change that.

God said the punishment for our tendency to put ourselves first is death.

Jesus came to earth for 33 years and He ALWAYS put others first. He was perfect as God, and He was also a man who hurt, slept, wept, got hungry -- in other words God went through life as we do, and has an empathy for us -- but being God, He didn't sin.

HOWEVER, even though He did not HAVE to die, He did die in our place. He paid our price for sin. Since He did not commit the crime, He did not have to "do the time". After death, God raised Him from the dead. God asks us to believe that we can't ditch "self" no matter how hard we try, but that we trust that Jesus died on our behalf. Since HE rose, we can also. Romans 6:4 says, "For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives. (Some take "baptism" as "water baptism" others take it as a "spiritual baptism." Literally, "baptizo, just means "immersed" -- we are immersed with Christ no matter which interpretation -- it just means that what He did physically, we do spiritually.)

OK, now for the "new" part. God's Holy Spirit enters in and joins our spirit. Our flesh -- that skin we are in -- still does bad things. But God gives us a new spirit, and gives us HIS Spirit -- and since His Spirit is God -- His Spirit breaks the power of "self" and makes us new -- our spirits, our hearts. Now we not only WANT to love others, but we CAN love others. We are new -- the part of us that lives on forever -- is new.

Rhonda F.

Answer 3

It means that everything in the past is past and the future is now. I try to not hold grudges but I still have some issues that need working out before I can completely let them go. I try to forgive and forget as a rule.

Answer 4

It means you have a second chance. I don't have an address so I can't look it up andread the context but just looking at it and knowing it's religious tells me that if you are born again you slate is wiped clean and your past with God is erased and that all you have to do is ask forgiveness and it' a new day. nothing in your past matters. And that to me is a beautiful thing!

Answer 5

Hello here and now in this life God offers to live in us and give us His character and those who are willing to accept Christ will live in a place that has a brand new earth and heavens the earth we live in is bad and dying, the sky has bad stuff in it but God will make all things new read the whole thing its a great promise in Rev. 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God.
21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. free bible lessons learn how to get there www.amazingfacts.org God bless.

Answer 6

When Christ returns, He will make all things new.

At Salvation we are born again (made a new creation in Christ Jesus). We are no longer the old person of sin, we are washed in the blood of Jesus. John the Baptist said, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world." Jesus Christ came to give us life and give us life more abundantly.

Answer 7

Im a little fact ima little fiction ima walking contradiction.I am a work in progress beacuase of the lord Jesus Christ.I fall i ask for forgiveness and i ask God himself to change me,for i ahve not the power to change myself.Amen

Answer 8

Is your symbol the "eye of Horus", a pagan symbol, a symbol of the universalists, the Freemasons and on the Dollar? If you mean from the Bible, it means regeneration of life or creation.

Answer 9

Christians find such phraseology very attractive because it absolves them of responsibility for their past actions.

Answer 10

It means whatever you want it to mean. You will find many different answers all claiming to be correct.