And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
Isaiah 33:24 pictures the future home of the redeemed on the new earth, the restored city and kingdom where God's people dwell in safety forever. There no inhabitant will suffer sickness, pain or disability, but all will live in perfect health. Death, sorrow, crying, tears and parting will be gone forever, for pain cannot exist in that holy atmosphere. Those who dwell there are forgiven their iniquity and live free from sin in God's presence in peace. Sickness and death now exist because of sin and the curse, but when iniquity is forgiven and God's design is fulfilled, every mark of the curse is removed.
Promised Home of Healing
The verse pictures the future home of the redeemed as the restored house and city of God, the renewed Jerusalem on the new earth. It is the kingdom of Christ and Zion as a secure, lasting habitation, the eternal inheritance of the righteous. There God's people dwell in safety, with no hurt or destruction to them. That coming home in the city of God stands in contrast to present infirmity and pain, which makes it precious to those who are sick now.
There no inhabitant will say he is sick, for sickness, pain, suffering and disability will be gone. Sickness and death will have no power over the saints, and all will be in health. Suffering and sorrow will have ended for the future inheritance of the righteous.
That healing means the former order has passed away. There will be no more death, sorrow, crying, tears, funeral trains and badges of mourning, burial processions, mourning, disappointment, partings, or broken hearts. Pain cannot exist in the atmosphere of heaven, and pain and death belong to the former order, not to the peaceful life of the saved. The promised new earth will not be like this present earth, and the future life will be free from mourning and filled with lasting happiness.
The people who dwell there shall be forgiven their iniquity and live free from sin and its effects in God's presence. Forgiveness and freedom from suffering mark their life there as part of the kingdom's spiritual reality and the new life God gives. Jesus is there and peace fills the place, and suffering and weeping are gone.
Forgiveness Restores God's Design
Present sickness and death exist because of sin and the curse, and this present earth is darkened with the shadow of death and marked by the blight of sin and pain. When God's original design is fully carried out, sickness and death will be absent and gone, no longer having power over the saints in the coming kingdom of Christ. Freedom from sickness comes because iniquity is forgiven, for the redeemed inhabitants of the future Jerusalem and restored city of God dwell free from sin and every mark of the curse as those who have triumphed over sin and the grave and live in God's presence.
These blessings belong to Christ's kingdom as its spiritual reality and the new life God gives, under the Lord's rule where His people rejoice in Zion as a secure, lasting habitation where suffering and weeping are gone. The promise makes the future home in the city of God precious to those who are sick now, contrasting present infirmity and pain with coming health. It gives hope to those who suffer and sorrow now with a future without suffering, pain and sickness, grounded in forgiveness where the people are forgiven their iniquity. That inheritance will replace present earthly possession, to be received soon when the message of a crucified, risen, and soon-coming Saviour has been carried to the whole world and the end of suffering and sorrow and sin has come.
Isaiah 33:24 pictures the future home of the redeemed on the new earth, the restored city and kingdom where God's people dwell in safety forever. There no inhabitant will suffer sickness, pain or disability, but all will live in perfect health. Death, sorrow, crying, tears and parting will be gone forever, for pain cannot exist in that holy atmosphere. Those who dwell there are forgiven their iniquity and live free from sin in God's presence in peace. Sickness and death now exist because of sin and the curse, but when iniquity is forgiven and God's design is fulfilled, every mark of the curse is removed.
Promised Home of Healing
The verse pictures the future home of the redeemed as the restored house and city of God, the renewed Jerusalem on the new earth. It is the kingdom of Christ and Zion as a secure, lasting habitation, the eternal inheritance of the righteous. There God's people dwell in safety, with no hurt or destruction to them. That coming home in the city of God stands in contrast to present infirmity and pain, which makes it precious to those who are sick now.
There no inhabitant will say he is sick, for sickness, pain, suffering and disability will be gone. Sickness and death will have no power over the saints, and all will be in health. Suffering and sorrow will have ended for the future inheritance of the righteous.
That healing means the former order has passed away. There will be no more death, sorrow, crying, tears, funeral trains and badges of mourning, burial processions, mourning, disappointment, partings, or broken hearts. Pain cannot exist in the atmosphere of heaven, and pain and death belong to the former order, not to the peaceful life of the saved. The promised new earth will not be like this present earth, and the future life will be free from mourning and filled with lasting happiness.
The people who dwell there shall be forgiven their iniquity and live free from sin and its effects in God's presence. Forgiveness and freedom from suffering mark their life there as part of the kingdom's spiritual reality and the new life God gives. Jesus is there and peace fills the place, and suffering and weeping are gone.
Forgiveness Restores God's Design
Present sickness and death exist because of sin and the curse, and this present earth is darkened with the shadow of death and marked by the blight of sin and pain. When God's original design is fully carried out, sickness and death will be absent and gone, no longer having power over the saints in the coming kingdom of Christ. Freedom from sickness comes because iniquity is forgiven, for the redeemed inhabitants of the future Jerusalem and restored city of God dwell free from sin and every mark of the curse as those who have triumphed over sin and the grave and live in God's presence.
These blessings belong to Christ's kingdom as its spiritual reality and the new life God gives, under the Lord's rule where His people rejoice in Zion as a secure, lasting habitation where suffering and weeping are gone. The promise makes the future home in the city of God precious to those who are sick now, contrasting present infirmity and pain with coming health. It gives hope to those who suffer and sorrow now with a future without suffering, pain and sickness, grounded in forgiveness where the people are forgiven their iniquity. That inheritance will replace present earthly possession, to be received soon when the message of a crucified, risen, and soon-coming Saviour has been carried to the whole world and the end of suffering and sorrow and sin has come.