If You Think This Present World is Good – Just Wait!

God’s creation is amazing! From landscapes to insects, we marvel at the beauty and intricate wonder of the world around us.

Even the birds and the bees fill us with awe.

And then there are the animals of all sorts.

We could continue non-stop with amazing pictures of God’s creation. The shock comes when we realize that these views of our world come from nature in its sin-cursed state. God told Adam in Genesis 3:17 that because of his sin the ground (the creation) would be cursed. This leaves us wondering how beautiful and awesome the creation must have been before the fall of man.

The apostle Paul talked about the creation waiting in anticipation for the day when it will be set free from its bondage. “For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God’s sons to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of him who subjected it—in the hopethat the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children.” (Romans 8:19-21 CSB)

The apostle Peter looked ahead and said, “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will burn and be dissolved, and the earth and the works on it will be disclosed.Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, it is clear what sort of people you should be in holy conduct and godliness as you wait for the day of God and hasten its coming.  Because of that day, the heavens will be dissolved with fire and the elements will melt with heat. But based on his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

 John put it this way in the Revelation. “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away…Then the one seated on the throne said, ‘Look, I am making everything new.” (Revelation 21:1,5 CSB)

God is preparing an entirely new place for us. As glorious as this present world is, I can’t even imagine how wonderful and amazing the new heavens and earth will be. It will be worth all the sacrifices of this present time. God will make everything new. Like Peter, we ask God to, “Hasten its coming.”

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