New Commentary on Revelation

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Your commentary on Revelation 21 v 4 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.” Rheims Bible

"The fact that the text says that God will wipe away every tear could in mean that God will need to supernaturally remove the sadness that people will feel after they see many people sent to the Lake of Fire."

Question - will death also be “supernaturally be removed” or has this already happened? People have been going to hell since the beginning of time, could you give a timeframe to this ‘removal’? Would you explain how in real terms the effect of death being removed and how it differs from “sadness/tears” being removed?

Thanks

Note: you seem to have a typo shouldn’t “in” read “it”?
 
Cashue said:
Your commentary on Revelation 21 v 4 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away.” Rheims Bible

“*The fact that the text says that God will wipe away every tear could in *mean that God will need to supernaturally remove the sadness that people will feel after they see many people sent to the Lake of Fire.”

Question - will death also be “supernaturally be removed” or has this already happened? People have been going to hell since the beginning of time, could you give a timeframe to this ‘removal’? Would you explain how in real terms the effect of death being removed and how it differs from “sadness/tears” being removed?

Thanks

Note: you seem to have a typo shouldn’t “in” read “it”?
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Thanks for pointing out the typo! I originally had “could in fact mean” and meant to also remove both “in fact” but obviously I did not.

As for the time frame of the tears being removed, I believe it will be during the time after Judgment Day, that is, during the time of future glory. As for death, what death are you referring to, physical or spiritual? We know that death came into the world at the Fall, both physical and spiritual death, but physical death is still here among us, but the Resurrection of Christ is our promise that it will only be temporary, and we too will be raised. Both saints and the lost will be raised at the end of time and will have immortal bodies, but the saints will receive glorified bodies while the lost will not. Then the lost will be thrown into the Lake of Fire which is the second death, meaning it will be eternal separation from God, and their body and soul will be punished forever (which is why they will receive immortal bodies because it will be forever). Right now the lost goes to Hades, where only their souls are while their bodies are still on earth, and they will be in Hades until Judgment Day. As for the relation between the tears and sadness compared to death and being removed and their effects; Sadness and tears can come from love, which is the reason why the Saints may be saddened in the future after Judgment Day, because they may have just witnessed loved ones and friends who have just gotten judged and thrown into the Lake of Fire, which will require God’s hand to remove their sadness and tears. But in my commentary I only speculate, I said “could mean”. The most common view held is that it means that the future glory will be a time when there will be no more sadness and tears, which is true that there will never be anymore sadness and tears. But I also think that the speculation of mine is looking at it at another angle, and could be a good possibility.

Is that what you are asking about?
 
COPLAND_3 said:
No, but I am sure it is great! I love Scott Hahn! In that book does he focus on the Heavenly worship scenes in the book of Revelation?
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He relates the Mass to Revelation. It’s an awesome read, I’d go into more detail, but I’ve only read it through once so I can’t really do it justice.

I do recommend setting aside an entire day and reading the book through in a single sitting, then going back and reading it in more depth later.
 
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