Reasons for the 2026 motto are very adventurous

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The unified motto for 2026 for the churches has been set. It’s an excerpt from a verse in Revelation: “Behold, I make all things new!” The reasons and explanations for this choice, however, are more than strange. They pander to the prevailing faith narrative.

Excerpt from Revelation 21:5

The church’s motto for the year 2026 is for the coming year. For the coming year, they reached right back into the Bible and selected a passage from Revelation 21:5. The choice fell on:
“Behold, I make all things new!“

The full verse is as follows:
“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.“

Furthermore, as always, it is crucial to understand this verse in context. Where does it appear? What is the chronological context of this statement? Who says this? For what reason are all things being made new?

Thus, even with some explanations about the motive for the selection of the motto for 2026, it turns out that this selected verse fragment is used to create a story of its own in a completely different context.

Catholic theologian “explains”

The Apostle John wrote down the Revelation while he was on the island of Patmos after his exile. This was between 90 and 95 AD. With this prophetic book, John not only pointed to the future, but also spoke into our present, according to Catholic theologian Wolfgang Baur, as reprinted in the online magazine “evangelisch.de“. Well, one could also differentiate this, because our present was, after all, also the future for John.

One can certainly agree with the explanation that God will set up his “tent” among people (Revelation 21:3). Again, the theologian emphasizes that the Greek word for “tent” is “skēnē,” which could also mean “tent.” Luther simply translated this as “hut.” Schlachter 2000 describes the verse as follows:
“And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.“

And now it becomes problematic

So far, so good. But then it becomes borderline again. The Catholic author compares this scene, in which God bends down to man, removes all pain, and wipes away all tears, as a turning point, even a “change of God’s temperament.” Furthermore, it is very much about the question of justice, especially social justice.

This is related, according to the theologian, to the fact that at the time when John wrote Revelation, Christianity was under great pressure due to severe persecution by the Romans. They refused to worship the emperor as a god. Therefore, the longing for “freedom, justice, and peace” was very great among the people. This longing is “very strongly present” in this verse.

City from the sky man-made

In His first creation, God created a garden, the theologian explained. The second creation has a city as its foundation, that is, “a human product.” While this city comes from heaven, God uses this city, which was created by humans, to ultimately build something new upon it. God does not ignore what came before, but rather takes the good as a foundation and continues His construction.

The theologian further explains that God is ultimately present in everything that is made new. The Greek word “panta” not only describes the new, but also shows that God is within everything. “I make all things new” therefore does not mean that God eliminates everything else, but rather that God takes care of everything.

Revealed unbelief

The Catholic theologian immediately began by clarifying that for him, the Bible, or at least the Book of Revelation, is not the Word of God. Rather, it is the author’s recorded feelings, impressions, and experiences, reflecting the oppressive situation of Christians. Speaking of context, the introduction to Revelation, chapter 1, verses 1 and 2, states:

“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.“

The true statement

• Who gave the revelation? Jesus Christ!
• Why did Jesus Christ reveal the prophecy? Because His people(!) should know what is about to begin!
• What role did John play here? He testified to the Word of God and also bore witness to Jesus Christ!

In this regard, it seems rather puzzling how the theologian arrives at his supposed “change of temper in God.” “Yesterday furious and angry, today gentle?” according to the “difference of temper” between the God of the Old Testament and Jesus Christ of the New Testament? Apparently, there is also a lack of will here to connect the entire Old Testament, beginning with creation, with Jesus Christ. And in this regard, see also Malachi 3:6:
“For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.“

Verse for “social justice”

Actually, it’s predictable. Anything that seems appropriate in individual verses and fragments of verses is interpreted as “social justice, the common good, humanity.” After all, the Church of Rome stands on the foundation of natural law, and this is not assumed, but rather from its own words (Info). Pope Leo XIV also fantasized about Jesus having taught natural law (Info).

New is really new

It’s downright fantastical to claim that God used a city built by humans to bring it down from heaven. What is that supposed to mean? Would it be a coincidence if this city were called Rome?

No! God takes nothing, absolutely nothing, from the old, especially not as a foundation for anything new. Indeed, not even a brick would be considered. God is not a tinkerer or a tinkerer. The first creation was “very good,” and so will the new creation be. Completely denied by Catholic theologians, the idea that the earth will be desolate, rid of all life. Nothing will remain, and the “great city” will be torn into three parts (Revelation 16:19).

The city coming from heaven consists of things that John can barely put into words. He can only somehow compare it to what is known to man (Revelation 21:10-21). What human hand could have built this city, when, and where? God built it, as Jesus Christ had long ago proclaimed to His disciples (John 14:2-3).
“In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.“

The earth will be desolate

This also answers the question of where the saved people will remain while the earth “down there” is completely devastated and lifeless. Even after the 1000 years (Millennium), when God and His followers, along with the city, come to Earth, it will only be to the place previously cleansed by Jesus Christ (Revelation). For the earth in its current state is saturated with sin and impurity.

This is followed by the final rebellion of the resurrected condemned and Satan against Jesus Christ and His people, who are within the newly arrived city. A consuming fire falls from heaven, all the condemned meet their final end, and this fire spreads across the entire earth. The purification. Only then, and only then, will God establish a new creation on the purified earth, freed from all that is old!

All you need to do is read Revelation chapter 20.

They worshipped the creatures

The Apostle Paul was familiar with the conditions in Rome and pointed out what the idolaters were up to, even in the literal sense. Their most striking characteristic was that they worshipped creatures instead of the Creator. In other words, they saw the sun, for example, as a deity, and the moon as well—pure idolatry. The same quality as saying, “God is in everything.” This is pantheism, the Babylonian component of the Roman Catholic Church, “Laudato Si'” through and through.

Romans 1:24-25:
“Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.“

Unity fallacy

What the Catholic theologian is recounting is nothing other than the widespread version of an earthly kingdom of peace after a returned Jesus Christ. The Roman Catholic Church, the “mystical body of Christ,” and Mary, the Mother of the Church, have already provided the necessary conditions as Christ’s earthly representation.

This fit in with the futurism and dispensationalism advocated by evangelicals (Info), it also fit in with the visions of a future, first-time Messiah for the Jewish communities, and it also fit in with the occultists who were waiting for their “Christ, the Light-Bearer” (Info).

All in all, the prospective world religion in the form of Theosophy (Info).

But that doesn’t even begin to fit with the actual events that were announced. And it’s precisely this unanimous error, with its quasi-undercurrent of majority opinion, that lies the major trap.

Bible verses from King James Version (1611)