This week at Riverside during our time of worship our band will be playing a song titled, “All Things New” by Elevation Worship. I love this song so much. The message is so simple yet so impactful. Jesus says in Revelation 21:5 “Behold, I am making all things new.” Every time I hear these words or think about the message of this song, I am reminded of one of the many scenes from Mel Gibson’s “Passion of the Christ” film that caused me to just breakdown and cry.
In this scene from the movie, Mary the Mother of Jesus asks to be taken to where Jesus is as He walks the Via Delarosa carrying the cross to be crucified. In this “station of the cross” Mary sees Jesus fall and she flashes back to the memory of Christ as her little child running and falling and crying to his mother for help. As she flashes back to this memory in her head where she is running towards her little boy, she finds herself running towards Christ now, beaten, battered, bruised and ready to carry out the sentence of death.
Jesus and Mary lock eyes and He says to her, “See Mother, I am making all things new.” Gibson and his writers certainly take some creative license here but there’s a major ring of truth to this scene as we view Revelation 21:5 and the teachings of Christ in regard to the sacrifice of His own life that had to be made so that we could be made like new in Christ Jesus Himself.
The lyrics to this song are as follows:
Peace be still, You are near
There’s nowhere we can go
That You won’t shine redemption’s light
Our guilt withdrawn
As You rise, we come alive
The grave has lost, the old is gone
And You’re making all things new
You are making all things new
You are making all things new
And we are free
Hope is found, You are here
Our hearts forever sealed
By this love that came for us
Now we are Yours
As You rise, we come alive
The grave has lost, the old is gone
And You’re making all things new
You are making all things new
You are making all things new
And we are free
Your love never ending
Your grace never failing
Redemption is calling us home
And You’re making all things new
You are making all things new
You are making all things new
And we are free
