(Joh 14:16) And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
(Gen 1:26) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Adam and Eve were created in the image of God--He gave them the gift of procreation--they pass that gift on to the rest of humanity---God allows us to continue the life process, creating life with each child , still in the image of the God that created the first parents.. He has not physically created life since Adam and Eve--Spirituality is just that--spiritual--nothing to do with physical.
The New Jerusalem is set down on this earth after it is cleansed from sin in the lake of fire. It is the NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH---as the verses says.
(Isa 66:22)
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before Me, saith the LORD,[/QUOTE]
(2Pe 3:10) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
The old passes away, God recreates the earth and the heavens--that is what the bible says---
(Rev 21:1) And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
The Sabbath was mad for man---doesn't say one single word about regenerated or not--it was instituted for the benefit of all mankind from the very beginning.
We were given dominion over everything at creation
(Gen 1:26) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
This was a perfect creation---there were no viruses, no death, no sickness. Those came after the fall. Sin has brought the evil which will all be eliminated again when the earth is remade to it's pre-sin state. For now we deal with the results of sin brought by Satan who we gave our dominion over to when they listened to him and not God. In His mercy, He has given us medicines and herbs to help us with these things.
God put Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden to "tend it"--they took care of it--that is working. And that was before the fall. Just as the bible says.
(1Co 15:50) Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
That is exactly right--mortal flesh and blood can not enter the kingdom--
1Co_15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal
must put on immortality.
1Co_15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
This happens when Christ returns and the saved are raised--just as the Word of God says.
(1Co 15:52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Christ, after His resurrection, and after He had been with His Father in heaven said this:
(Luk 24:39) Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
And we will be changed so we can be as He and with Him.
Rev 21:23 And the city had no need of the
sun, neither of the
moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb
is the light thereof.
The word of God is the word of God--and it is accurate. Anything else is speculation on our part.
(Isa 66:22) For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me,
saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
(Isa 66:23) And it shall come to pass,
that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
Looking forward to it--Amen??