I believe to understand what John is talking about we need to lay a little ground work. You see when God created the Heavens and the Earth, He created a perfect place for man. We find when man willfully disobeyed God and ate of the forbidden tree in Gen. 3:1-21, that God placed a curse upon not only man, but also upon the earth. In Rev. 20:11-15, we find when the Great White Throne Judgement takes place that the Heaven’s and the Earth fled away, now when this takes place where will they go ? What is the reason for it? Turn over to 2 Peter 3: 3-7 We find that just as God brought judgement upon the world in Noah’s day by destroying it by the flood, so too the world that we live in is being reserved unto fire against the day of judgement and perdition of ungodly men, you see when the lost are brought before God to be judged for their rejection of His only Begotten Son at the Great White Throne Judgement, God will also rid this earth of the curse he had placed upon it in the Garden of Eden, by purifying it by fire, and he will restore the earth to its original form, a place that will be perfect, I believe that their will be no reminders, nothing to bring to remembrance the former days, because if you look in Rev. 21 :4 it is now, after all of this has taken place that God says " And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and their shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall their be any more pain, for the former things are passed away." I’ve heard it preached that all of this will take place as soon as we get to Heaven, but if this is the case why is it no where mentioned in scripture untill now after the lost have been judged and the earth purified. I believe the reason for this is because when Jesus judges the lost that we the Christian will be their and see this take place, does the Bible not teach us in the Book of 1 Thess. 4:13-18, when the Church is raptured out that we will forever be with the Lord, and who is it that will judge the lost, it is none other that the Lord Jesus Christ, read John 5:22 " For the Father judgeth no man but hath committed all judgement unto the Son." So if this is the case we will see the lost cast into a Devil’s Hell and I believe what a time of great sorrow that will be, when we see those that we have had the opportunity to share Christ with and we didn’t, or those that will go their because we didn’t live the life of a christian as we should have. Then after this the Bible says that God will wipe away all tears, you see their will be nothing to remind us of the former days, nothing that might bring a tear, or sorrow to our hearts. But Why No More Sea ??????
#1. IT IS A CEMETERY FOR OUR SINS
Micah 7: 19 " Thou wilt cast all their sins into the debt of the sea." I remember the day that I got saved the burden that was lifted from me. You see I had been burdened down by sin, I tried in every way I knew how to find that one thing I needed to give me peace, to satisfy my longing, I knew that something was missing in my life, I just didn’t know what it was. Then I heard a dear man of God stand one night and preach on what does it mean when Jesus passes by, and what would happen to me if I didn’t cry out as that blind man on the road to Jericho, then I too realized that if I was to ever find what I was so desperly searching for, I was going to have to humble my self as a sinner into the hands of a Loving God, and I did just that and the Bible tell me that he took those sins and cast them into the debts of the sea. In Jer. 31:34 he says "I will forgive there iniquity and I will remember there sin no more." Ps. 103: 12 "As far as the east is from the west so far hath he removed our transgressions from us." Is. 38:17 " For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back." What are yopu saying preacher God doesn’t even know what sins your talking about, why because he has cast them into the debts of the sea never to be remembered any more. and he is saying that there is coming a day when those sins will be gone forever why because there will be no more sea
# 2 NO MORE MYSTERIES
You know the sea is a mysterious place, I use to watch that show 20,00o leagues under the sea, and it would just amaze me as you would see how the animal creatures looked and behaved, and I use to think what a mysterious place, a world all of its own. I’m reminded the Bible says in Deut. 29:29 " The secret things belong unto the Lord our God, but those things that are revealed belong unto us." I realize that God doesn’t always choose to reveal things to you and I, for example I had a grandson and at 9 mos old a man decided that he didn’t deserve to live anymore and so he murdered him. I don’t understand why God allowed this to happen. I have a mother-in- law that was closer to me than my mother was, loved her so much, we were pasytoring a church about an hour away, got a phone call the next morning after mother’s day, about 2 am that she had a massive heart attach and died , why I don’t know ? I don’t understand why God allows marriages to break up at the rate of 1-2 marriages? I don’t understand why God allows us to go through so much suffering in thisa life ? Thres are all mysteryies to me but you know we may not understand it now but I believe there is coming a day that we will understand it all he says in John 13 :7 "What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shall know hereafter."" NO MORE SEA WHY It is a cemetery for our sins, no more mysteries, and
#3 NO MORE STORMS
I don’t know if you know it or not but the sea can cause some fierce storms, I think of that and I think of the account over in Mark 4:35-41 when Jesus told his diciples to get into the ship and pass over to the other side, during that journey a great storm arose so great in fact that they became afraid and desperate and they go a wake the master who is in the hinder part of the ship asleep and they ask him Carest thou not that we perish and he gets up rebukes the wind and waves, says unto them Peace Be Still and there comes a great calm. You know in this life we face many storms but when we got saved Jesus said were going to the otherside he never said their would’nt be any storms, But I’m glad that he has the power to calm those raging seas now Hey but their is coming a day when we get to the other side that the storms of life will be over, how do I know Because there will be no more seas
#4 NO MORE SEPERATION
You know the seas seperate the contients, I remember when I was in the military away from my family in germany, oh how I longed to be with them, but couldn’t go home because of the seas, I think even now How I miss my grandson, and mother-in-law but I can’t see them now, I miss my dad he too is in heaven, but you know one day, and I believe it won’t be long we will be together again and then their will never be anymore seperation Why NO MORE SEA
#5 NO MORE FISHING
I went out on the sea one time deep sea fishing, Their are those would do it all the time for a liveing, I’m reminded that Jesus told the disciples that he would make them fishers of men. My why aren’t we living up to that command now In Matt 9:35-38
we can see the very heart of Jesus, it says that when he saw the multitudes he was moved with compassion, you see he came to this earth for one reason and that was to die for the world, to be our substitute, why that we might be reconciled back to the father, but I believe we all fail in this area ,you see we aren’t moved as we should be, we aren’t filled with the compassion that jesus had , how do I know that because listen to what he says in verse 37 "The harvest is truely plenteous, but the laborers are few." My friend listen to me their is coming a time when the harvest season will be past and many will die and spent eternity in hell because we failed to go fishing. The Bible says that we need to work while it is yet day for the night cometh when no man can work..
NO MORE SEA WHY IT ISA CEMETERY FOR OUR SINS, NO MORE MYSTERIOUS, NO MORE STORMS, NO MORE SEPERATION, NO MORE FISHING Remember God said the former things are passed away, that’s why we need to get busy today
