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New Earth

October 1, 2016 by David Orton

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God’s purpose is from Creation to New Creation—for a New Earth.

The Adam-Christ parallel (Rom 5:12-20) explicates God’s redemptive purpose for history, recreating a New Heavens and a New Earth in Christ (Rev 21:1-6; 2 Cor 5:17).

This motif of a New Creation in Christ demonstrates that the infinite creator-God was not ‘caught on the hop’ by the Fall; that while the impact of Adam’s disobedience was universal, Christ’s obedience – as the last Adam and the second Man – not only terminates the old Adamic order of sin and death but also inaugurates a superior new order of righteousness and life—a New Heavens and a New Earth! God’s plan was always for the Earth, for the renewal of both the moral and physical universe, not only in history but also for the ages to come.

This motif of Creation–New Creation also demonstrates the principle of covenant headship in either Adam or in Christ, leading to either curse or blessing for the human race and creation. Additionally, it demonstrates how the original Creation Mandate to “produce and protect” (Gen 2:15) is rehabilitated in the New Creation—in biblical economics and ecology.

God has a plan for the planet.

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David has served as a teacher and ministry leader for over 40 years. He teaches with a measure of prophetic gravitas and as the founder of Lifemessenger carries a message of reformation, particularly for the Western church and culture.

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21st century Western man is now living in the moral debris of the 20th century experiment—the experiment of messianic statism – Marxist, Fascist, and now secular Humanist – with its rejection of God in Christ as the genius of the Western cultural heritage. Spiritually, morally, and financially bankrupt the West has now exhausted its options. 

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