- Revelation 21:4 (ESV) – “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Every culture, every generation, every human heart has wrestled with death. It haunts and humbles us. It separates and shatters. But in Heaven, death itself dies.
Christ didn’t just endure death—He conquered it. The grave could not hold Him. And because He lives, death is not our end; it is a defeated enemy. “Death is swallowed up in victory,” Paul declared (1 Corinthians 15:54–55).
In Heaven, death will have no more victories. No more graves dug. No more funerals planned. No more painful goodbyes. Death itself—the last enemy—will be banished. The Lamb who was slain now reigns. And His victory is final and forever.
Imagine living without the slightest fear of an ending. Without the looming shadow of loss. Without the ache of separation. That’s the reality Christ purchased with His blood. In Heaven, life reigns because the Author of Life reigns.
Heaven is the land where cemeteries have no place, and sorrow has no home. Death will be undone—and life will be unending.
2 Timothy 1:10 – “[Christ Jesus] abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.”
John 11:25–26 – “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live…”
1 Corinthians 15:26 – “The last enemy to be destroyed is death.”
Life Application: Death may touch our earthly journey, but it cannot touch our heavenly destiny. Every goodbye here will give way to eternal reunion there. Take heart—death doesn’t win. Christ does. And in Him, so do you.
— Daily Diamonds | A Glimpse of Glory