There are many tears that need to be wiped away. In God's time they will be. Salvation belongs to God and to the Lamb. Salvation, in Revelation, is broader than one person's relationship with God. Salvation is a cosmic event that helps people facing devastation.
Salvation includes victory over the powers of the world.
Salvation includes deliverance from danger. God dwells with people facing devastation. Former Rwandan Prime Minister Jean Kambanda pleaded guilty recently to six charges of genocide at a United Nations tribunal established to try those blamed for Rwanda's 1994 genocide. Over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu extremists in a three-month carnage in 1994 the period Kambanda was interim prime minister of Rwanda. Perhaps those who survived the atrocity and have grieved for four years have begun to experience God's wiping away of their tears.