Jesus is Making all Thins New Revelation 21:5
“Better. Life‑changing. You need this.” That’s the message behind every ad you’ve ever seen. What you have is fine… but something better is out there.
We’re always chasing the next version. 1.2 → 2.0 → 2.5 → “New and Improved.” Sometimes it’s a tiny tweak. Sometimes it’s a total overhaul. But it’s always the same promise: newer is better.
And then Jesus steps in with a claim no marketing team can touch. In Revelation 21:5, He doesn’t say, “I’m upgrading a few things.” He says: “I am making all things new.”
Not just the processor. Not just the camera. Not just the detergent formula.
All things. Cosmic‑scale renewal. A new creation, not a new version.
This isn’t an update. It’s restoration. It’s the world — and you and I— remade from the ground up.
It is what we were meant to be.
It’s what you’ve been looking for all along.
I have just done a series of posts on Jesus as the I Am, starting with the Exodus 3 declaration of God identifying Himself as I Am. And then Jesus took that phrase and 7 times Jesus used that designation to describe Himself, and claim to be God, to be the one and the same God of Exodus 3. His hearers understood what Jesus claimed which was their accusation and grounds for crucifixion
The next two posts I will take two I am statements where Jesus describes what He is doing not who He is. There are more than 2 but that is where I will wrap up this series.
All throughout Scripture the message is God is making all things new. So that begs the question, what needs to be made new and why? I will focus on a broad area and a specific area.
Before I address that we must ask, why does it need to be made new?
This is the common theme of the Bible. God created a perfect world with perfect humanity.
The first 2 humans, Adam and Eve, were deceived, exercised choice, deciding to ignore God’s specific instruction and ruined everything. Enter sin. Not that everything was totally ruined and useless, but every part of creation has been infected with sin, and it reveals itself in many ways.
And the Bible is the story of how God came to rescue us from our own sin and foolishness and renew us, renew everything.
That is the message from the book of Genesis, through the Psalms, Prophets, Gospels, Epistles, and Revelation, all of Scripture
God is renewing the created world. Romans 8
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now[1]
Yes, this world has much beauty to it, from an aurora borealis, the changing season, to a smoked brisket. But the world also groans.
Earthquakes, hurricanes, Ebola outbreaks, glasses, dentures and hearing aids. Cancer and Alzheimer’s. All evidence that there is something broken in the world.
While we have cured many diseases, and made incredible advances, one microscopic mutation in a single cell can change a life with cancer — or send the whole world into chaos like the plague or Covid.
And Romans 8 promises that while the world groans under this pain, God is restoring things, that all the advances we are making are evidence of God common grace. Still, every disease, every disaster is a reminder that the struggle isn’t over.
But the promise stands: One day every disease, every tear, every natural disaster will be gone.
Secondly, God is making us new. 2 Cor. 5
Romans 8 mentioned that we are awaiting the renewal. And 2 Corinthians 5 says
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. [2]
Again, sin is affecting us in more ways then we will admit.
We’ve made progress in medicine, technology, and comfort — but deep down we all sense there must be something more.
This passage makes it clear as Romans did that those in Christ have this hope of renewal. That because of what Jesus did at Calvary He answered once and for all to renew what sin destroyed. As the Christmas carol said, as far as the curse is found.
That is how far Christ’s renewing extends.
Sin has a long, compounding effect. Look at sexuality. We went from two genders, monogamous heterosexual marriage to an ever-growing string of letters. We can’t even agree on how many genders there are or what constitutes a family. We used to be able to do so.
We went from defending life in all its phases, conception, old age, through disease and birth defects and now we are selecting who deserves to live or not based on our own ever-changing criteria.
And we used to be able to have a civil discussion about what we disagree over. Now we claim that if you disagree you must be a hateful, closed-minded bigot. WE demand people must celebrate a choice and never disagree.
Just look at how sports teams, county courthouses and employers demand compliance.
No, I do not have to agree with you and you don’t have to agree with me. Disagreement is not evil or hateful. You need to be willing to accept the consequences of your actions as do I.
It is all a sign that this world is broken and needs more than legislation and protests and special days on a calendar or theme nights at a hockey game.
Until Then
We have rebelled against God, thrown of His leading and gone our own way
And we are reaping the consequences.
And all Scripture is telling how God is restoring us. He is calling out a people of His own.
Part of that passage in 2 Cor 5 says God is using His people, His church to bring His influence into a world wandering away from HIm. That God is on a rescue mission and Christians are the messengers.
The ultimate consequence of this sin, outside of all the brokenness we see, is our separation from God, which leads us to separation from His ways and from each other
And one by one He is calling us to repentance. To restoration. To reconciliation.
And He is saying those who are in Him are new. Our sin is forgiven. Our relationship with Him is restored.
That means our desires are for Him and His ways. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart[3]
That means we can reconcile with one another. That we can relate to one another, respect one another, be honorable to one another.
Another passage (Ecclesiastes 3:11. Right after the time to . . passage. You know the song for every season turn, turn, turn. A time to to be born, a time to die, time to weep and time to laugh, a time to sow and a time to reap. You remember the song.
Right after that the Scripture says He has made everything beautiful in His time, and He has put eternity in our heart.
We are made by Him, in His image regardless if we are perfectly fit specimens of humanity or plagued by health issues.
Deep down we have a desire for something more. We are pursuing something more. The reason we keep looking for the newest upgrade or version is we are looking for what Gods put in our heart. We do not realize it, but all the things we are seeking for are found in the one who made us, and gave us those desires, and wants to meet those desires.
But right now sin has it all out of order.
Acceptance, contentment, fulfillment, purpose, relationship. All that is what God has put within us. And we will never be fully satisfied until we come to that realization that He gave us the desire and He is the way to satisfy that desire.
God is going to restore this world to its original intent.
He is preparing us now, restoring us as we walk with him.
Those in Christ will experience a complete renewal and restoration and we will experience eternal life in a perfectly renewed, restored world.
Where I will sing and play guitar in tune, on key, and in time
Where my golf shots will never land in a bunker or water.
Where my garden will have no weeds or thorns or invaders.
Where the storm center will not predict hurricane seasons.
Where the geological society will not need to warn us of earthquakes.
Where police and ambulance and hospitals will not be needed.
My relationships will never be broken
Where my body and mind will never fail me again.
God is making all things beautiful, in His time.
And He invites us into that beauty
[1] The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Ro 8:19–22). (2025). Crossway Bibles.
[2] The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (2 Co 5:17–19). (2025). Crossway Bibles.
[3] The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Ps 37:4). (2025). Crossway Bibles.
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