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What if your most treasured memories, most beautiful places, and even lost loved ones weren’t gone forever—but waiting to be restored? In this session of All Things New, John Eldredge shares the deeply moving promise of the renewal of the earth itself. This isn’t escapist theology—it’s the gospel hope Jesus offers in Matthew 19: the palingenesia, the recreation of the world. Through poignant personal stories and biblical teaching, John invites us to relocate our ultimate hopes in the coming restoration of all things. When you understand that heaven comes to earth and nothing is truly lost, your longings begin to make sense, and hope becomes an unshakable anchor for your soul. This message reframes our understanding of grief, memory, and the goodness we’ve said goodbye to—and reveals that it all has a future in God’s story. Everything we love is being held for us and will one day be given back, renewed and made whole.
→ To go deeper, read All Things New (book) and use the All Things New Study Guide.
→ Read more on this promise in “Nothing is Lost”, “Including the Animal Kingdom”, and “Redemption, Not Destruction”.