abby now

"Dale Houstman" <dmh7@skypoint.com> wrote in message
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> abby now wrote:
>> "Dale Houstman" <dmh7@skypoint.com> wrote in message
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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.
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> Only Baal knows what that means. It certainly doesn't mean that "old
> earth" should necessarily be destroyed, only forgotten.
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> 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.

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.
Pe 3:10-13 (NKJV


> 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"?


I believe based on the prophecies in the Bible that the Lord will return
soon - as in the next 30 years.