The Christian Hope Respecting the World
Revelation 21:5-8
And he that sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.…


Shelley calls this "a wrong world"; St. Paul, "a present evil world." They saw it alike, but the apostle put into the word "present" a hope that the wrong and evil world will at last yield to a right world.

(T. T. Munger, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

WEB: He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."




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