No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. (Revelation 22:3 ESV)
Uncursed
When I think about a curse, I remember an episode of an old television show, Round the Twist. In this whimsical show, a young boy was cursed by a pirate treasure to add, “without my pants” to every sentence he spoke.
“I’m heading to school, Mom! (without my pants…)”
“I’m going to mow the lawn! (without my pants…)”
“Here is your birthday present! (without my pants…)”
The show ended when the curse was lifted, and there was much rejoicing.
We are cursed, too. Adam caused all of creation to be cursed. Death, ever since Adam’s fall, effects everything. Obviously, human beings, but all or life on earth is trapped in a cycle that leads to death. Your favorite tree, your best cattle, your cute kitten, planetary orbits, as well as the paths of comets and asteroids all decay, wear out and die. Everything is broken. Sunlight provides energy but also burns. Rain nourishes crops but also comes in draughts or floods. Gravity not only holds things together, but it makes us stumble and fall.
But Jesus is removing the curse and its effects. Already, for Christians, death is not a terrible end, it is also a triumphant entry. And more curse-ending is coming!
We see it in scientific and technological improvements. We see it in better plants, animals, and travel methods. We see it when diseases are defeated, knowledge is increased, and society improves.
Those things are not just humans getting smarter.
Those things are the effects of Christ Jesus beginning to end the curse!
We are peculiar, we can see the end of the curse.