Reflecting on Paradise and the Promised Future
In verses and images, the concept of paradise, the new heaven and earth, and the promised restoration as described in religious texts are explored. The theme of God's creation, dwelling with His people, and the hope for a renewed existence are contemplated through scriptural references and visual representations.
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(inside) Well, at least that s the way WE remembered it! Happy Mother s Day!
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Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Look! God s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. ~Revelation 21:1-4 The promised future for God s children is God has tied His glory to His creation. not a non-earth, but a new earth.
For this is what the Lord says he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited. ~Isaiah 45:18
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God. ~Genesis 3:8 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden. ~Genesis 3:23
Jesus must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. ~Acts 3:21 Jesus said to them, Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ~Matthew 19:28
See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. ~Isaiah 65:17-19
Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, Where is this coming he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation. But they deliberately forget that long ago by God s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water.By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly....
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare....
Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. ~II Peter 3:3-13
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. ~Romans 8:20-22
new neos - time kainos - quality
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation ~II Corinthians 5:17 After
1. When we read in the Scriptures, new earth ; it doesn t mean one that never existed before, but rather one that has been renewed.
By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed... the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. ~2 Peter 3:6, 10
2. God will purge His creation that is polluted by sin, so that our new environment is fitting for our perfected spirits & bodies.
No more let sins and in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay... sorrows grow, nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow far as the curse is found. 3. If redemption does not go as far as the curse, then God has failed.
The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil s work. ~I John 3:8
4. God will remove Satan s hold over creation as a stunning affirmation of His greatness!
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