Behold, I Make All Things New (Revelation 21:5) | Cosmic Orthodox Cross On Inverted Starfield | Second Coming | Orthodox Christian Art Poster

And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.

- Revelation 21:5

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The resurrection promises nothing else than the restoration of the fallen to their ancient state, for the grace we look for is a certain return to the first life, bringing back again Paradise to him who was cast out.

+ St Gregory of Nyssa

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He says, 'Behold, I make all things new'—that is, spiritual and eternal, free from decay and change, which the grace of God will distribute to the saints

+ St Andrew of Caesarea

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For neither is the substance nor the essence of the creation annihilated… but 'the fashion of the world passes away' — that is, those things among which transgression has occurred... When this fashion has passed away, and man has been renewed and flourishes in an incorruptible form... then there shall be the new heaven and the new earth.

+ St Irenaeus of Lyons