Sermon preached by the Revd. Dr. William E. Bogholtz on Easter 4 (April 28, 2013)
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, the 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,
“See, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them;
they will be his peoples,
and God himself will be with them;
he will wipe every tear from their eyes.” [Revelation21: 1-4]
Revelation tends to be used to scare people, but it was written to be a source of hope for the Church.
In John’s Gospel Jesus is introduced by John the Baptizer, Here is the Lamb of God. In the Passion story Jesus goes to the cross at the time the Passover Lamb’s would have been sacrificed.
