Charles Spurgeon Commentary Revelation 21:3-4

"And I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, [and be] their God: and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away." — Revelation 21:3-4 (ASV)

When there will be a new heaven and a new earth, and the Church will be in her new and glorified condition, then there will be no need for all those purifying forces which have been so active here on earth. There will be no death, nor sorrow nor crying, nor pain, nor trial of any kind; all will be happiness, for all will be holiness.

And then, just as God dwelt in ancient times among His people in the wilderness, and as Jesus Christ, the Word, was made flesh, and tabernacled among us, and we beheld his glory, so in that new world God will reveal Himself to His people by a special indwelling and a particular nearness.