Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.”
Ping.
The one and only time I saw The Passion of the Christ, I kept my composure all the way up to the moment that the movie has Jesus, on his way to Calvary, turn to the woman and say, "This is how I make all things new." At that moment I felt both the weight of sin and the removed weight of redemption, and I lost it in the middle of the theater. It is the reason I cannot see the movie again, though I am reminded of it when I read this scripture, and when I sing the hymn Beneath the Cross of Jesus:
From my stricken heart with tears two wonders I confess,
the wonders of redeeming love, and my unworthiness.