May 20, 2025 • 10 mins
In today’s Spiritual Foundation Episode, I talk about Revelation 21: 1-6 and John 13: 31-35. I share how the call to a new world isn’t about some far off future but a call to create that now. I share how these two messages show us a route to be the hands and feet of Christ.
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(00:00):
Thanks for joining me on episode 1542 of the Inspired Stewardship
Podcast. Hi,
I'm Terry Tucker.
I challenge you to invest in yourself,
invest in others,
develop your influence and impact the world by using your time,
your talent and your treasures to live out your calling.
(00:23):
Having the ability to live your life of excellence is key
to and one way to be inspired to do that is
to listen to this the Inspired Stewardship Podcast with my friend
Scott Mater.
(00:47):
It takes away droughts and floods and school shootings,
warfare, violence based on hatred for someone's race or color or
gender or sexuality.
It's a truly inclusive message that is being taught in this
passage. Welcome and thank you for joining us on the Inspired
(01:10):
Stewardship Podcast.
If you truly desire to become the person who God wants
you to be,
then you must learn to use your time,
your talent and your treasures for your true calling.
In the Inspired Stewardship Podcast you will learn to invest in
yourself, invest in others,
and develop your influence so that you can impact the world.
(01:40):
In today's spiritual Foundation Episode I talk About Revelation,
chapter 21 verses 1 through 6 and John 13:31 35 I
share how the call to a new world isn't about some
far off future,
but a call to create that now.
I share how these two messages show us a route to
(02:01):
be the hands and feet of Christ.
Revelation 21:1 6 says,
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for
the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,
and the sea was no more.
And I saw the holy city,
the new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband and and I
(02:23):
heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
see, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them as their God.
They will be his peoples,
and God himself will be with them and be their God.
He will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more,
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for the first things have passed away.
(02:44):
And the one who is seated on the throne said,
see, I am making all things new.
Also he said,
write this,
for these words are trustworthy and true.
Then he said to me,
it is done.
I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the beginning and the end.
To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from
the spring of the water of life.
(03:04):
John 13:31,
35 says,
when he had gone out,
Jesus said,
now the Son of man has been glorified,
and God has been glorified in him.
If God has been glorified in him,
God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him
at once.
Little children,
I am with you.
(03:25):
Only a little longer you will look for me.
And as I said to the Jews,
now I say to you,
where I am going,
you cannot come.
I give you a new commandment that you love one another.
Just as I have loved you,
you should also love one another.
By this,
everyone will know that you are my disciples.
If you have love for one another,
(03:47):
do you have a place in your city or near it
where people go to look out over the city,
look out over the skyline,
maybe a place with water and other things?
And often in these places,
there's little sayings or expressions that people will write as,
as little prayers or things like peace.
(04:11):
And all of these things give us a chance sometimes to
look down on things and reflect on the fullness of life
in the city or in the place that we live.
And I think it often causes us to wonder,
will this city become a place where everyone can thrive,
all can be happy and successful and safe?
(04:35):
Those are the reflections that often come to my mind when
I'm looking out over the city in the evening.
And in the Luke passage that I didn't read today,
it talks about Jesus pausing at the Mount of Olives and
looking out over the city with mournful eyes.
(04:56):
And this city,
Jerusalem. That word literally means the city of peace.
And from this place,
Jesus saw the whole city.
And with a prophet's heavy heart,
he was weeping.
There among those olive trees before him,
was this city named for peace.
(05:16):
But it was inhabited by those who did not know the
things that made for peace.
They did not know what peace was or how to have
it with each other.
And I don't think that's any different today.
In the revelation passage that I read,
John, decades later imagines Jerusalem,
(05:39):
that same city of peace.
While he was living on a Greek island,
Patmos, John was a follower of Christ,
and he was exiled during the Roman emperor Domitian's reign.
And during this dream,
this nightmare vision in a way that John had,
(06:00):
he then envisioned a renewed city,
a bright,
shining city.
In contrast to Babylon,
which was a city of death and trauma and suffering,
John paints a picture of a new Jerusalem emerging as God's
own place to live.
(06:20):
In John's dream,
the Holy One had relocated from heaven and moved down to
earth, taking up residence throughout the whole city.
See, God is here,
home among mortals.
This message can be thought about in different ways,
(06:44):
but it is an interesting thought that the divine God gets
revealed as in the world no longer Dwelling above,
but dwelling with this is different than this idea that we
have, often of a rapture out of God's creation and into
(07:05):
some sort of heavenly future separate from earth.
Instead, John is painting a picture of a transformation away from
God ruling or lording over us in that way and making
new, a renewal as a new heaven and a new earth,
(07:30):
making all things new.
And this hope,
this message of regeneration and renewal,
I think is also in alignment with John chapter 13 that
I read today,
that out of love for each other comes the love that
(07:53):
lets us have heaven on earth.
God has called us into covenant not only with God,
but with each other and with the diverse creation that surrounds
us. And God called us to live in those relationships with
love. Love.
Not hate,
not anger,
not fear,
(08:13):
but love.
We are to love one another just as I have loved
you. You are to love each other.
This is how they will know.
You are my disciples.
This is a message that we're called on and to reflect.
When you hear someone talking about how God has called us
(08:35):
to hate a particular person,
to hate to fear a particular thing,
or to have anger for it,
realize that is directly in contradiction with the call to love
one another.
That is the message of the Spirit to the church,
that out of love comes community,
(08:55):
out of love comes wholeness.
Notice too,
in this vision that the prophet shares,
the sea was no more.
But if you think about it in creation,
in the stories,
sea is a signifier of chaos and storms and transport of
military power,
(09:17):
all of those things that bring us away from peace in
a way.
And this vision that John has takes that sea away,
takes the chaos away.
It takes away droughts and floods and school shootings,
warfare, violence based on hatred for someone's race or color or
(09:40):
gender or sexuality.
It's a truly inclusive message that is being taught in this
passage. Thanks for listening.
Thanks so much for listening to the Inspired Stewardship Podcast.
(10:01):
As a subscriber and listener,
we challenge you to not just sit back and passively listen,
but act on what you've heard and find a way to
live your calling.
If you enjoyed this episode,
do me a favor,
go over to facebook.com
inspiredstewardship and like our Facebook page and mark it that you'd
(10:27):
like to get notifications from us so that we can connect
with you on Facebook and make sure that we're serving you
to the best of our abilities with time and tips there.
Until next time,
invest your time,
your talent and your treasures.
Develop your influence and impact the world.
Thanks for joining me on episode 1542 of the Inspired Stewardship
Podcast. Hi,
I'm Terry Tucker.
I challenge you to invest in yourself,
invest in others,
develop your influence and impact the world by using your time,
your talent and your treasures to live out your calling.
(00:23):
Having the ability to live your life of excellence is key
to and one way to be inspired to do that is
to listen to this the Inspired Stewardship Podcast with my friend
Scott Mater.
(00:47):
It takes away droughts and floods and school shootings,
warfare, violence based on hatred for someone's race or color or
gender or sexuality.
It's a truly inclusive message that is being taught in this
passage. Welcome and thank you for joining us on the Inspired
(01:10):
Stewardship Podcast.
If you truly desire to become the person who God wants
you to be,
then you must learn to use your time,
your talent and your treasures for your true calling.
In the Inspired Stewardship Podcast you will learn to invest in
yourself, invest in others,
and develop your influence so that you can impact the world.
(01:40):
In today's spiritual Foundation Episode I talk About Revelation,
chapter 21 verses 1 through 6 and John 13:31 35 I
share how the call to a new world isn't about some
far off future,
but a call to create that now.
I share how these two messages show us a route to
(02:01):
be the hands and feet of Christ.
Revelation 21:1 6 says,
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for
the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,
and the sea was no more.
And I saw the holy city,
the new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband and and I
(02:23):
heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
see, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them as their God.
They will be his peoples,
and God himself will be with them and be their God.
He will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more,
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for the first things have passed away.
(02:44):
And the one who is seated on the throne said,
see, I am making all things new.
Also he said,
write this,
for these words are trustworthy and true.
Then he said to me,
it is done.
I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the beginning and the end.
To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from
the spring of the water of life.
(03:04):
John 13:31,
35 says,
when he had gone out,
Jesus said,
now the Son of man has been glorified,
and God has been glorified in him.
If God has been glorified in him,
God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him
at once.
Little children,
I am with you.
(03:25):
Only a little longer you will look for me.
And as I said to the Jews,
now I say to you,
where I am going,
you cannot come.
I give you a new commandment that you love one another.
Just as I have loved you,
you should also love one another.
By this,
everyone will know that you are my disciples.
If you have love for one another,
(03:47):
do you have a place in your city or near it
where people go to look out over the city,
look out over the skyline,
maybe a place with water and other things?
And often in these places,
there's little sayings or expressions that people will write as,
as little prayers or things like peace.
(04:11):
And all of these things give us a chance sometimes to
look down on things and reflect on the fullness of life
in the city or in the place that we live.
And I think it often causes us to wonder,
will this city become a place where everyone can thrive,
all can be happy and successful and safe?
(04:35):
Those are the reflections that often come to my mind when
I'm looking out over the city in the evening.
And in the Luke passage that I didn't read today,
it talks about Jesus pausing at the Mount of Olives and
looking out over the city with mournful eyes.
(04:56):
And this city,
Jerusalem. That word literally means the city of peace.
And from this place,
Jesus saw the whole city.
And with a prophet's heavy heart,
he was weeping.
There among those olive trees before him,
was this city named for peace.
(05:16):
But it was inhabited by those who did not know the
things that made for peace.
They did not know what peace was or how to have
it with each other.
And I don't think that's any different today.
In the revelation passage that I read,
John, decades later imagines Jerusalem,
(05:39):
that same city of peace.
While he was living on a Greek island,
Patmos, John was a follower of Christ,
and he was exiled during the Roman emperor Domitian's reign.
And during this dream,
this nightmare vision in a way that John had,
(06:00):
he then envisioned a renewed city,
a bright,
shining city.
In contrast to Babylon,
which was a city of death and trauma and suffering,
John paints a picture of a new Jerusalem emerging as God's
own place to live.
(06:20):
In John's dream,
the Holy One had relocated from heaven and moved down to
earth, taking up residence throughout the whole city.
See, God is here,
home among mortals.
This message can be thought about in different ways,
(06:44):
but it is an interesting thought that the divine God gets
revealed as in the world no longer Dwelling above,
but dwelling with this is different than this idea that we
have, often of a rapture out of God's creation and into
(07:05):
some sort of heavenly future separate from earth.
Instead, John is painting a picture of a transformation away from
God ruling or lording over us in that way and making
new, a renewal as a new heaven and a new earth,
(07:30):
making all things new.
And this hope,
this message of regeneration and renewal,
I think is also in alignment with John chapter 13 that
I read today,
that out of love for each other comes the love that
(07:53):
lets us have heaven on earth.
God has called us into covenant not only with God,
but with each other and with the diverse creation that surrounds
us. And God called us to live in those relationships with
love. Love.
Not hate,
not anger,
not fear,
(08:13):
but love.
We are to love one another just as I have loved
you. You are to love each other.
This is how they will know.
You are my disciples.
This is a message that we're called on and to reflect.
When you hear someone talking about how God has called us
(08:35):
to hate a particular person,
to hate to fear a particular thing,
or to have anger for it,
realize that is directly in contradiction with the call to love
one another.
That is the message of the Spirit to the church,
that out of love comes community,
(08:55):
out of love comes wholeness.
Notice too,
in this vision that the prophet shares,
the sea was no more.
But if you think about it in creation,
in the stories,
sea is a signifier of chaos and storms and transport of
military power,
(09:17):
all of those things that bring us away from peace in
a way.
And this vision that John has takes that sea away,
takes the chaos away.
It takes away droughts and floods and school shootings,
warfare, violence based on hatred for someone's race or color or
(09:40):
gender or sexuality.
It's a truly inclusive message that is being taught in this
passage. Thanks for listening.
Thanks so much for listening to the Inspired Stewardship Podcast.
(10:01):
As a subscriber and listener,
we challenge you to not just sit back and passively listen,
but act on what you've heard and find a way to
live your calling.
If you enjoyed this episode,
do me a favor,
go over to facebook.com
inspiredstewardship and like our Facebook page and mark it that you'd
(10:27):
like to get notifications from us so that we can connect
with you on Facebook and make sure that we're serving you
to the best of our abilities with time and tips there.
Until next time,
invest your time,
your talent and your treasures.
Develop your influence and impact the world.
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