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

And my point is this condition is spiritual, and we wont
get to that condition until after we die. I dont expect
any 'perfect' physical condition on Earth, ever. At least
I dont think the Bible tells us anything about what the
ultimate fate of the Earth will be.

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:57:47 -0700 (MST)
  gordon brown <gbrown@euclid.Colorado.EDU> wrote:
>The point I was trying to make is that this passage seems
>to indicate that
>there is some reason to look with favor on a condition in
>which there is
>no night. One does not have to take the passage literally
>to get this
>impression.
>
>Gordon Brown
>Department of Mathematics
>University of Colorado
>Boulder, CO 80309-0395
>
>
>On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 drsyme@cablespeed.com wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> 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 14:07:37 2005