The Lord of the Rings: Sailing to the Undying Lands (Revelation 21:4)

At the end of The Lord of the Rings, Frodo cannot stay in the Shire. His wounds are too deep; Middle-earth holds too much pain. So he sails to the Undying Lands—where suffering ends, where wounds heal, where there is "no more death or mourning or crying or pain." Tolkien, a devout Catholic, knew Revelation's promise: the old order of things will pass away. Frodo's gray ship sailing west is an image of every believer's final journey—leaving the wounded world behind, sailing toward the shore where all tears are wiped away and "everything sad is going to come untrue."