But Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when all things will be made right again. God told about this time when he spoke long ago through his holy prophets.
Romans 8:21 - Easy To Read Version That everything God made would be made free from ruin (decay). There was hope that everything God made would have the freedom and glory that belong to God’s children. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That nature (creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God's children. American Standard Version (1901) that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. Common English Bible that the creation itself will be set free from slavery to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of God’s children. Catholic Public Domain Version For the creature itself shall also be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the sons of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because the creature also itself shall be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. |
But Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when all things will be made right again. God told about this time when he spoke long ago through his holy prophets.
Everything that God made is waiting with excitement for the time when God will show the world who his children are. The whole world wants very much for that to happen.
God planned for those people to be like his Son. And he called (chose) those people. God called those people and made them right with him. And God gave his glory to those people that he made right.
It is the same with the dead people who are raised to life. The body that is “planted” will ruin and decay. But that body is raised to a life that cannot be destroyed.
The words “once again” clearly show us that everything that was made will be destroyed. Those are the things that can be shaken. And only the things that cannot be shaken will continue.
But God made a promise to us. And we are waiting for what he promised—a new sky and a new earth. That will be the place where goodness lives.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had disappeared. Now there was no sea.