Dale Houstman

abby now wrote:
> "Dale Houstman" <dmh7@skypoint.com> wrote in message
> news:45D5FB77.3070806@skypoint.com...
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>>abby now wrote:
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>>>Sure we're supposed to care for the earth, but I and many believe
>>>that this earth will soon pass away - whether there's global warming
>>>or not.
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>>Soon? What do you mean by "soon"? And - for that matter "pass away." I
>>suspect humans will be here long enough to die of boredom, and I am,
>>pretty sure earth will be sticking around for a lot longer than that. It
>>may not be pretty for the humans at some point, but there are really only
>>a few scenarios that would justify saying "the earth will soon pass away":
>>a direct hit from an unbelievably large mass, the death of Sol (which is
>>unlikely to occur any time soon), and the return of Jesus. But even the
>>Bible doesn't claim that the planet itself will cease to exist.
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> Your Bible must've had some pages missing:
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> Matthew 5:17-18 (NKJV) "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the
> Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. 18 "For assuredly, I say
> to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one ot or one tittle will by no
> means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
>
> Matthew 24:35 (NKJV) "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by
> no means pass away.

Both of those are really just hyperbolic metaphors to emphasize the
fidelity of the statements, not actual prophecy. It's as much as to say
"heaven and earth shall disappear before my word shall be broken".

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> Isaiah 65:17 (NKJV) "For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And
> the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.
>

Only Baal knows what that means. It certainly doesn't mean that "old
earth" should necessarily be destroyed, only forgotten.

In truth the Bible has little to say about the planet as an entity
(rather than as a spiritual idea) because it was mostly written by
desert-dwelling hop heads with very little scientific understanding.

My Bible is quite intact. It says nothing about the actual destruction
of the planet.

And - anyway - is that your full reasoning behind the assumption that
earth will "soon" pass away? Even given that the quoted passages were
relevant, where's the "soon"?

dmh