Remember as we studied the covenants how often God said these words: "I shall be your God, and you shall be my people"? We saw it first in Exodus, when He introduced to Moses the notion of rescuing the Israelites from their slavery in Egypt: "I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God." We saw it also notably in Ezekiel 36, that awesome "new heart" passage, those words "you shall be my people, and I will be your God".
Well, look what I found in Revelation 21:3: "And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.'" And then the wiping of tears, and the dying of death.
Isn't it just like God to remember and keep His promises? This is what He had planned all along, and He is the One who brought it to pass. And this, my friends, is the end of the story that God is writing on our hearts and in our history. Can't you just wait?
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