“And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful” (Revelation 21:5).

A recent issue of Scientific American (October 1994) somehow reminded me of the famous line from Coleridge's Ancient Mariner.

Water, water everywhere, and all the boards did shrink
Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.

“The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved” (Jeremiah 8:20).

“Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost” (I Thessalonians 2:16).

One of the attributes of God is that He is longsuffering. At least ten times in the Bible He is said to be longsuffering, plus at least six times when He is described as slow to anger.

“O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker” (Psalm 95:6).