Teaching | Understanding Revelation: Far As the Curse is Found (Revelation 22)

The famous Christmas carol “Joy to the World” contains excellent theology: “No more let sins and sorrows grow/ Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow/ Far as the curse is found.” This is Genesis language. This song is about the gospel. The redemption of Christ to undo the curse of the fall as far as the curse is found. Revelation 22, the final chapter of the final book in the Bible, shows us a vision of that world. In Romans 8:18-25, Paul envisions a future glory that overwhelms present sufferings. Creation itself, long under bondage and corruption to death and decay will experience a glorious freedom. But this freedom will not come until God’s own children receive their glorification. The hope that Paul sees from a distance John brings up close and personal. This is Understanding Revelation.

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