Sunday 7 May 2017

A new Earth Week 19, 2017



Scientists have predicted the sun will burn up the earth in future. By their calculations the earth will become hotter and hotter, and as the sun ages the heat will destroy the earth. The lifestyle of man on earth is also a great threat to its continued existence. Both these scientific facts make it clear we cannot continue here forever. We also know there is a search for inhabitable planets, for a new earth. Recently new planets about the size of earth 40 light years away have been discovered. We know from science man cannot stay on this planet forever, and the future of the human race lies in a new home.
But the Bible has said this so many centuries ago. Centuries before science accepted the earth is global and the earth moves round the sun, or that the universe is expanding the scriptures had made all this clear.  It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in Is 40:22.  Hear what is prophesied about the fate of the earth in the Bible: But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up 2Pt 3:10. It also tells us we need a new earth where attitudes and behaviours are different. But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells 2Pt 3:13.
What else does the Bible say about the end of the world? The Bible records the earth was once deluged by a worldwide flood, and by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly2Pt 3:7. Since the Bible has so truly and accurately predicted these we must take its message seriously.
In the new earth that will really come only righteousness dwells in it. And though we die all of us will be gathered for judgement before the just creator of the universe. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment Heb 9:27.  On that day no one will be excused. Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done Rev 20:11-12. 
The only righteousness any one can have is that given as a gift. A gift obtained by Jesus Christ by taking the punishment due each of us for our wrong doings and wickedness. For if, through one man, death ruled because of that man's offense, how much more will those who receive such overflowing grace and the gift of righteousness rule in life because of one man, Jesus the Messiah! Rom 5:17.  Come to Jesus Christ today, turn from evil, and ask Him for this priceless gift of righteousness He died and rose again to provide for you.

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