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

I think that this passage is spiritual. It does not refer to Earthly things
at all, but to spiritual things. This is about Christ's Kingdom, and his
Kingdom "is not of this world".

I think that Christ's return was in 70 AD. The New Heaven and Earth is the
New Covenant. The New Jerusalem is the Church. I think that there is a
fulfilled Kingdom of Christ in the spiritual realm. We will not experience
it until after death.

There is some partial effect, for lack of a better term, of this Kingdom on
Earth. But it is not complete as it is in the spiritual realm, in other
words, there is still pain, sin etc. And as far as I can tell, there is no
biblical teaching about what happens to the Earth, and the physical realm,
at least the physical realm that we experience daily, from this point
forward.

So I guess there is room for a physical paradise on Earth in the sense you
are talking about. It might happen that way, I have no idea. But I think
the Biblical prophecies are not about that.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Perrett" <donperrett@genesisproclaimed.org>
To: <drsyme@cablespeed.com>
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Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 1:10 AM
Subject: RE: tsunami impact on animals, does night on Earth end?

>I agree with what you are saying, except the following:
> "Christ returning to institute a new physical paradise on Earth"
>
> Would you not agree that a restructuring/recreation of our civilization
> will
> occur? Not a recreation of the Earth in physical, per se, but in, I
> guess,
> sociological ways, which in the end requires a rebuilding of our very
> cultural/economic/political structure.
>
> Don P
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>
>
>
> 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 Thu Jan 13 01:40:27 2005