Will You Still CRY in Heaven? Why God Wipes Away Every Tear (Revelation 21:4)

If heaven has no sorrow, whose tears is God wiping away? Revelation 21:4 is one of the most quoted promises in the Bible: "God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." But read it slowly and it does not describe a heaven without tears. It describes God reaching for faces that are still wet, one tear at a time. In this study we trace that promise back through Scripture and find out why the Bible insists He does it by hand. In this video: Why Revelation shows the tears before it removes them (Revelation 7 and 21) The banquet on the mountain in Isaiah 25, where John found his words David's "bottle" in Psalm 56, and why it was a goatskin, not a glass vial The truth about ancient "tear bottles" in museum cases Hezekiah's tears and the God who says "I have seen" Why Jesus wept at Lazarus' tomb when He knew the ending, and the Greek word used only once in the New Testament The one verb God uses for wiping away your sins and your tears Scripture referenced: Revelation 21:3-5; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 3:5; Isaiah 25:6-8; Isaiah 43:25; Psalm 56:8; Psalm 51:1, 9; Psalm 30:5; Psalm 126:5-6; 1 Samuel 16:20; 1 Samuel 21:10-15; Judges 4:19; 2 Kings 20:1-6; 2 Kings 21:13; Numbers 5:23; Exodus 32:32-33; John 11:1-44; Luke 19:41; Hebrews 5:7; Matthew 9:23; Acts 3:19; Colossians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 15:54; 1 Thessalonians 5:16 Sources: Mishnah, Ketubot 4:4 (on flute players and mourning women at funerals) Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, entries for machah and nod Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon, entries for exaleipho, dakruo, klaio, embrimaomai On so-called "tear bottles" (lachrymatories): ancient examples are identified by archaeologists as unguentaria, vessels for perfume and oil Robert Estienne, Greek New Testament (1551), the edition that introduced verse numbers Chapters: 0:00 Jesus weeps at a grave in Bethany 1:56 If heaven has no sorrow, whose tears are those? 3:34 Revelation 21: the hand comes before the list 7:08 Isaiah 25: the banquet on the mountain 11:12 Psalm 56: David's tears in a goatskin 14:07 The truth about ancient "tear bottles" 15:54 Hezekiah: "I have seen your tears" 18:45 Why Jesus wept when He knew the ending 25:36 The one verb for your sins and your tears 29:07 What to carry with you #Heaven #BibleStudy #Revelation Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.