Replaced will be the ‘former heaven and earth,’ the previous system filled with tears, death, mourning, outcry and distressing pain. And whereas the literal watery seas will remain, the symbolic “sea” of restless, ungodly peoples will no longer exist.

DEVELOPMENTS UNDER KINGDOM RULE

What grand developments are ahead! Under Kingdom rule, God “will wipe out every tear” from human eyes. This does not mean, of course, that tear ducts no longer will release their natural fluid​—something that is physically beneficial. Nor will tears of joy be eliminated, for the earth will be filled with rejoicing.

Mourning and outcries for various distressing reasons gradually will be removed during the 1,000-year reign of Jesus Christ. (Rev. 20:6)

What grand developments are ahead! Under Kingdom rule, God “will wipe out every tear” from human eyes. This does not mean, of course, that tear ducts no longer will release their natural fluid​—something that is physically beneficial. Nor will tears of joy be eliminated, for the earth will be filled with rejoicing.

Mourning and outcries for various distressing reasons gradually will be removed during the 1,000-year reign of Jesus Christ. (Rev. 20:6) As a result, tears of sorrow will cease to flow from human eyes. But what about the removal of pain​—something also foretold?

Death​—the great pain-producing enemy of mankind—​“will be no more” when the divine will is done fully in heaven and on earth. (1 Cor. 15:26; Rev. 21:4; Matt. 6:9, 10) Mourning, outcry and pain certainly will be out of place when joyful resurrections replace sad burials and ‘death and Hades give up those dead in them.’​—John 5:28, 29; Rev. 20:13.