Sunday, July 13 Look! I am making all things new.​—Rev. 21:5.

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Sunday, July 13

Look! I am making all things new.—Rev. 21:5.

 

God’s guarantee begins with the introduction: “The One seated on the throne said.” (Rev. 21:5a) These words introduce one of only three instances in the book of Revelation when Jehovah speaks in the visions. So this guarantee is provided, not by a powerful angel, not even by the resurrected Jesus, but by Jehovah himself! This fact highlights the trustworthiness of the words that follow. Why is that so? Because Jehovah “cannot lie.” (Titus 1:2) That statement makes the words that we read at Revelation 21:5, 6 completely reliable. Consider the word “Look!” The Greek term translated “look!” is used repeatedly in the book of Revelation. What follows the exclamation? God’s statement: “I am making all things new.” True, Jehovah is speaking about future changes, but for him this promise is so certain to come true that he speaks of these changes as if they were already taking place.—Isa. 46:10. w23.11 3-4 ¶7-8