Though Bin Ladin is dead, al-Qa'ida is not...

Though Bin Ladin is dead, al-Qa'ida is not.Though the penalty and power of sin is dead, its presence is not.But that day is coming. Jesus is coming back.And on that day, the presence of sin will be forever removed. No more abuse.No more pride.No more relational conflict.No more betrayal.No more seeking joy and life in things smaller and lesser than God.No more trying to be god of your own life.No more broken covenants.No more fatherless children.No more abandoned babies.No more idolatry--worshiping money, power, prestige instead of God.No more greed.No more lies.No more car accidents.No more murder.No more sudden infant death syndrome.No more gossip.No more anxiety.No more tears.No more strokes.No more burying your kid instead of your kid burying you.No more despair.No more cancer.No more drunk driving.No more poverty.No more broken homes.No more racial tension.No more terrorism.No more giving into temptation.No more war.No more pornography.No more fear.No more suicide.No more prisons.No more God-less living.No more hospitals.No more funeral homes.No more cemeteries.No more building your identity outside of the Father, Son, and Spirit. No more sin. No more pain. No more tears. 

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.” -Revelation 21:1-5