Our hope for a new earth is not tied¹
to what humans can do,²
for we believe that one day³
every challenge to God's rule
and every resistance to his will shall be crushed.
Then his kingdom shall come fully,⁴
and our Lord shall rule forever.

1 1 Pet. 1:3-12
2 2 Pet. 3:1-13
3 1 Thess. 4:13-5:11
4 Rev. 11:15

We long for that day¹
when Jesus will return as triumphant king,
when the dead will be raised²
and all people will stand before his judgment.³
We face that day without fear,
for the Judge is our Savior.
Our daily lives of service aim for the moment⁴
when the Son will present his people to the Father.
Then God will be shown to be true, holy, and gracious.
All who have been on the Lord's side⁵
will be honored,
the fruit of even small acts of⁶
obedience will be displayed;
but tyrants and oppressors,
heretics, and all who deny the Lord
will be damned.

1 Rev. 20:11-21:8
2 1 Cor. 15
3 John 5:28-29
4 2 Thess. 1:5-10
5 2 Cor. 5:10
6 Matt. 25:31-46

With the whole creation¹
we wait for the purifying fire of judgment.
For then we will see the Lord face to face.²
He will heal our hurts,
end our wars,
and make the crooked straight.
Then we will join in the new song
to the Lamb without blemish³
who made us a kingdom and priests.⁴
God will be all in all,
righteousness and peace will flourish,⁵
everything will be made new,
and every eye will see at last
that our world belongs to God!
Hallelujah! Come, Lord Jesus.⁶

1 Rom. 8:18-39
2 Rev. 21-22
3 Rev. 5
4 1 Cor. 15:28
5 Isa. 11:6-9; 60:11, 19-20; 65:17-25
6 Rev. 22:17, 20