Re 21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away...
2Co 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation...
There are two creations: the old creation and the new creation. God is now in the process of making a new creation. We live in this old, sinful and fallen world were pain, suffering, death and sin abound.
Sin contaminates. When it entered through the Fall of Man, it contaminated everything: the heavens, the earth and man himself.
But in the coming glorious future, a new creation will unfold right before our eyes. It will be a creation without sin. It will be a new heaven, a new earth and a new redeemed humanity. "The first heaven and the first earth" will pass away. A new will emerge.
Who will take part in the new creation? Anyone who is in Christ.
And how do you get to be in Christ? By faith in Him. Through the bonds of faith, we are united to Christ. If you trust in Christ alone for salvation, you will be a new creation. In the future, you will be resurrected and given a new body. God will rid you of the sin nature for good enabling you to live for Him completely and perfectly in that new creation.
God could have justly swept us out and annihilated us and created a brand new set of humanity for His new heaven and earth, but God in grace, decided to include us in it.
Will you be part of the new creation? Have you trusted in Christ alone for salvation?
