Revelation 21:5 (YLT)

Passage

And He who is sitting upon the throne said, `Lo, new I make all things; and He saith to me, `Write, because these words are true and stedfast;'

Nearby Context

Revelation 21:3 and I heard a great voice out of the heaven, saying, `Lo, the tabernacle of God <FI>is<Fi> with men, and He will tabernacle with them, and they shall be His peoples, and God Himself shall be with them--their God,

Revelation 21:4 and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

Revelation 21:5 And He who is sitting upon the throne said, `Lo, new I make all things; and He saith to me, `Write, because these words are true and stedfast;'

Revelation 21:6 and He said to me, `It hath been done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End; I, to him who is thirsting, will give of the fountain of the water of the life freely;

Revelation 21:7 he who is overcoming shall inherit all things, and I will be to him--a God, and he shall be to me--the son,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "and God shall wipe away every tear..." into verse 6's "and He said to me It hath...", so "all things" and "sitting" 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 "sitting" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.