Revelation 21:3-4
“And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people... And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”
King James Version
The covenant climax of the new creation: God dwelling with His people, every tear wiped away, death and sorrow abolished forever.
Fulfillment References
Isaiah 25:8 Ezekiel 37:27 Revelation 7:17 1 Corinthians 15:54
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalGod Himself dwells with His people and wipes away every tear — the one God revealed in Jesus, Immanuel, fully and finally 'with us.'
JewishFulfills Isaiah 25:8 ('he will swallow up death... wipe away tears') — the hope of God dwelling with His people and ending sorrow.
CatholicThe consummation of the new creation, God dwelling with humanity, death and sorrow abolished forever.
ProtestantThe eternal state's comfort — God with His people, every tear wiped away; the believer's ultimate hope.
OrthodoxThe eternal communion of God with the saints, the end of death and mourning in the renewed creation.
DispensationalThe eternal state after the millennium and final judgment, the everlasting dwelling of God with the redeemed.
AcademicScholars note the dense allusion to Isaiah 25:8 and Ezekiel's 'I will be their God' covenant formula.
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