The Passing of the old Order

There will be no more death’^[b] or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

⁵ He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

~Rev 21:4-5

I included verse 5 because it provides context for what I am going to say.

The old order is not simply passing.  It is being renewed.

He is making all things new.

And yet,  it is still passing.

It is not going to be what it was.

What is now is a mere shadow of the things to come. The reality,  in all its blazing glory,  will be revealed and found in Christ,  when he reigns unopposed in the Kingdom of heaven and earth.

Now,  due to the nature of my blogging daily,  I don't have much time for research so please bear with me if I have this slightly wrong,  but I was informed once that our cells are constantly being regenerated. There is apparently not one cell in your body that you were born with.
You are an entirely different entirety,  materially speaking,  in a state of constant flux.

And yet we have memory.  Our very cells have memory.

It is information that seems to remain a constant.

In the same way our body is being renewed,  so the old order will be made new, but it will be different.

When our cells are renewed,  with each passing day we get closer to a time when they will slow down and then eventually life as we know it will cease altogether.

And so this realm will too come to its end and finally cease to be.

But all the good features will be made new,  and even better in the kingdom.

But all of those old features of this realm,  this natural order, that are linked with sin and decay will pass away.

In this order, now;

Death reigns.
Sickness reigns.
Pain is necessary.
Sadness and mourning tinge our entire existence.
Injustice thrives.
Evil prospers.
The poor are enslaved.
Racism flourishes.
War tears apart families and communities.
Children are orphaned.
People are separated from the knowledge of God.

But this order is passing.

And it will have passed.

This day,  we live with the old order,
But then we will have a new regime where justice love and mercy prosper,  and peace reigns,  and it will be this way,

All days,
Forever,
Amen.