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“ O Lord, thou art very great!” Creation declares This is a wonderful Psalm about God’s works and it begins by saying: O Lord, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom host thou made them all: He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down. He causeth the grass to growįor the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food The earth is satisfied with fruit of thy works. He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. Over that they turn not again to cover the earth. Thou best set a bound that they may not pass Of his chambers in the waters: He maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh Very great! Thou art clothed with honour and majesty. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lordīless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, thou art The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed theĭry land. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the Thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.įor the Lord is a great God, and a great King aboveĪll gods. O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a To help in doing this, consider Psalm 95:1–2: To begin with, consider the message which God proclaimed when When God made the first world, He was not providing simply a nice place for man to live in. God is Himself righteous, and concerned about righteousness, mankind has been That is wrong with this world is its terrible state of unrighteousness. Our spirits up when we consider that the splendid thing about the new heavensĪnd the new earth is that in them will dwell only righteousness. “Because something went terribly wrong with the first ones.” However, hope buoys
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Why is there a need for new heavens and a new earth? Sadly, the answer comes, Referring again to the promises in 2 Peter 3 and Revelation 21, Christ Himself referred to it as though He accepted it literally and we will also adopt this view. They are wrong, but the sad fact is that unlike the good characters in a fable, they shall not “live happily ever after!” The Bible never designates Genesis as being a fable, or even as being symbolic. Many people wrongly place the creation of the world into the category of a “Once upon a time” narrative, or even a fable, without stating a valid reason for this assumption.
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To his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.” Many people wrongly place the creation of the world into the category of a “Once upon a time” narrative, or even a fable, without stating a valid reason for this assumption. The new heaven and the new earth are referred to in 2 Peter 3:13 also, “ Nevertheless we, according On more than a few of the attributes of the God of Creation.īeginning God created the heavens and the earth” ( Genesis 1:1), and itĬloses with “ I saw a new heaven and a new earth” Therefore we will not attempt to concentrate here Read the Encyclopedia Britannica while waiting for a bus, as the subject Such a title for a short article reads rather like an order to