Revelation 21:6-21

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“God might have abandoned his creation in disgust because of Babylon’s wickedness, just as he might had abandoned the Israelites in the wilderness because of the golden calf. But out of sheer mercy he will come to dwell with his people, and that mercy will flow out to flood the whole world.”

–N.T. Wright, Revelation for Everyone

 

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