Visions of new heavens and a new earth coming 600 years apart. What's that all about? See how different they are, and how they remind today's people of God what we're called to do.
Isaiah 65 talks about "new heavens and a new earth," and Revelation 21 declares "a new heaven and a new earth." In order to understand why this is such a "thing," we need to think in different terms. That re-thinking begins in the beginning, in the Garden of Eden. That's where things come apart.
Both Isaiah and Revelation envision the two cosmic spheres - heaven and earth, what came apart in Eden - as coming together again. The issue is how that happens: God's people coming to righteousness in following God's will in Isaiah vs. God's violent intervention to impose resolution and righteousness for a helpless, incompetent, passive humanity in Revelation.
Which vision best reflects the gospel of Jesus? Which vision describes our role in bringing "new heavens and a new earth"? View the sermon video below and see how this works out, noting the downloads below the video panel.
Isaiah 65 talks about "new heavens and a new earth," and Revelation 21 declares "a new heaven and a new earth." In order to understand why this is such a "thing," we need to think in different terms. That re-thinking begins in the beginning, in the Garden of Eden. That's where things come apart.
Both Isaiah and Revelation envision the two cosmic spheres - heaven and earth, what came apart in Eden - as coming together again. The issue is how that happens: God's people coming to righteousness in following God's will in Isaiah vs. God's violent intervention to impose resolution and righteousness for a helpless, incompetent, passive humanity in Revelation.
Which vision best reflects the gospel of Jesus? Which vision describes our role in bringing "new heavens and a new earth"? View the sermon video below and see how this works out, noting the downloads below the video panel.
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