Psalm 34:17-22 “When
the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out
of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the
brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the
afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them
all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken. Affliction
will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who
take refuge in him will be condemned.”
The ultimate contrast is
comparison between the redemption of the righteous and the “slaying” and the
“desolation” of the wicked. Per 2 Peter 3:10, one day this world and
all that is in it will be burned up. The Lord of the universe will build a “new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells
righteousness” (2 Peter 3:13). Revelation 21:2-3 tells us that the One who saved us will dwell with
us and be with us, ruling from a new Jerusalem in which no thing or being will
enter that “defiles, neither whatsoever works abomination, or makes a lie” (Revelation
21:27).
Per Isaiah 11:9, all that is
evil and all who are evil will be purged from this new world, and all that
hurts and destroys will be removed from the very memory of those who are part
of the redeemed. We who own Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God, as our Savior
and Lord now will rest in the “peace that passes all understanding”.
In that “real world” of
eternity prepared by our Lord Jesus, “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” (Revelation 21:4). Even so, come,
Lord Jesus.
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