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“But the Day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the
heavens will pass away with a great noise,
and the elements will melt with
fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
“Therefore SINCE all these things will be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought you to be in
holy conduct and
godliness
, looking for and hastening the
coming of the day of God,
because of which the
heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and
the elements will melt with fervent heat?
“Nevertheless we, according to His promise,
LOOK for new heavens and a new earth in
which righteousness dwells”
(II Peter 3:10-13).
A New Universe - New Heavens and a
New Earth
MYSTERY OF THE AGES
, Astonishing? Entire Universe to be Renewed,
Pages 360-363, Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong:
“Now understand please. Why should the
whole universe – the creation – be waiting
with eager longing for the actual birth and
appearing of all of these sons of God, to be
born into the Family of God? Romans 8:19-
23 RSV.
The following verses portray a universe
filled with planets in decay and futility—yet as if subjected to
now
to this decayed state
in hope!
“Because the creation itself
[the universe not now capable of sustaining life]
will
be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the
children of God. . .
.
Continue this passage in Romans 8:22:
“We know that the whole creation
[universe] has been groaning in travail together until now.”
Consider that the whole creation [universe] is compared to
a mother about to be delivered of her child. The creation is
pictured as groaning in travail in hope (verse 20), awaiting
the birth by resurrection to immortality, of the children of
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