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What we say about the end is what we say about God - destroyer or redeemer?
2 Peter 3:8-13 - Found through Fire
Differing translations of v. 10
Textual criticism and New Testament manuscripts
"Revealed" better reading than "burned up"
Fire as instrument of purifying and revealing
"The elements" - powers not periodic table
A new heavens and earth was justice happens
Romans 8:18-23 - The Redemption of Creation
What problem does Jesus’ death and resurrection deal with?
Creation subjected to death (by humanity)
The curse of Genesis 3:17-19
Creation in childbirth, new born from old
Implications for creation care
All things reconciled in Colossians 1:19-20 & Ephesians 1:10
NEXT WEEK: How the 'go to heaven' passages fit in
