A new heaven and a new earth refers to the new physical universe that God will create at the end of time. After God created the heavens and the earth humanity sinned and fell under God's punishment. - Genesis chapter 3 - One aspect of that punishment was the desolation of the land of Israel and when Israel rebelled against God. That desolation was described as a 'waste and void' like the first unformed earth. - Gen. 1:2 -

But God promised that He would create a new heaven and earth.
For now I create new heavens and a new earth, and the past will not be remembered, and will come no more to men minds. - Is. 65:17 -

For as the new heavens
and the new earth I shall make
will endure before me - it is Yahweh who speaks
so will your race and name endure. - Is. 66:22 -

That promised will be fulfilled when the events foretold in Revelation chapter 21 and 22 occur. The one who guarantees these revelations repeats his promise: I shall indeed be with you soon. Amen; come, Lord Jesus.

The occupation of the land was an important part of God's plan for man. Abraham and his descendants were promised a land and Israel enjoyed the partial blessings of that land. But God always wanted to extend these blessings to all lands. This desire of God will be met when the new earth is created. For the present the earth remains under God's curse which brings much pain and suffering.- Rom. 8:18-22 -

But God's Spirit also groans in supportive prayer for the weakness of God's people until the new earth appears.

The Spirit too comes to help us in our weakness. For when we cannot choose words in order to pray properly the Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words and God who knows everything in our hearts knows perfectly well what he means and that the pleas of the saints expressed by the Spirit are according to the mind of God. - Rom. 8: 26-27 -

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -