Revelation 21:5 (WEB)

Passage

He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”

Nearby Context

Revelation 21:3 I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

Revelation 21:4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Revelation 21:5 He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”

Revelation 21:6 He said to me, “I have become the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.

Revelation 21:7 He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "faith", "sits", "throne", "said", "behold", "making", and "write". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "faith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "He will wipe away every tear from..." into verse 6's "He said to me I have become...", so "all things" and "faith" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "faith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.