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“This too shall pass.”

Hard times can be no fun. We want them over with as quickly as possible. This sentence is used to encourage people who are going through a hard time. Don’t worry – it will soon be over. All will be well in the near future.

So let’s cut to the chase. This is not a Bible verse, but a saying that’s been around a long time. I won’t get into all the instances or variations, but it has also been used by none other than Abraham Lincoln, which no doubt helped its staying power.

Here are a couple of sentences from his speech: “It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: ‘And this, too, shall pass away’.”

While not Scripture, there is certainly some truth to it. Regardless, I can think of two Bible verses that apply a stronger truth. 2 Corinthians 5:17 reminds us of our old sinful self that passes away, and Christ making us a new creation. And one day, as told in Revelation 21:1, He will make all things new after He has wiped the old world away through judgment and wrath.

Better than me paraphrasing the verses, here they are:
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:
The old has gone, the new is here!”
2 Corinthians 5:17

“Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth,’ for the first heaven and
the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.”

Revelation 21:1