Re: tsunami impact on animals, does night on Earth end?

Rev 22
1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life,
bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of
the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city.
On either side of the river is the tree of life with its
twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and
the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
3 Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the
throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his
servants will worship him; 4 they will see his face, and
his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And there will be
no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the
Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever
and ever.

Do you take this entire passage literally Gordon? The
word translated night, is nux. This can also mean:

1) night

2) metaph. the time when work ceases
     a) the time of death
     b) the time for deeds of sin and shame
     c) the time of moral stupidity and darkness
     d) the time when the weary and also the drunken
    give themselves up to slumber

Admittedly, my views on the goodness of creation, and the
lack of a need for it to be "fixed", is based largely on
my eschatological views. Without getting into great
details about it, I dont think there is any prophecy
calling for a literal destruction of the current creation,
(or Earth) and Christ returning to institute a new
physical paradise on Earth.

Let me ask you. How much of your views about a 'broken'
creation are based upon futurist presuppositions, that
claims there will be a literal New Heavan, and Earth, and
that Christ will institute a future physical paradise on
Earth?
Received on Tue Jan 11 12:55:52 2005