God is the creator of everything, not just somethings.
Wow, your theology just amazes me. So you make God the creator of sin, which is not a thing, but an act or an ommision of an act.
God did not create Adam or this creation mortal. Why would God create something to be eternal, call it good, then also create the means to destroy His own creation.
Adam brought sin into the world. Death was already here.
scripture disagrees with you here also. Adam sinned but did not bring sin into the world per se. The consequence of his was death, mortality which is described in Gen 3:19. Since then all men sin through our mortal nature. I Cor 15:56. We all will die for the sake of ridding this body of sin. We will all be raised immortal because Christ arose from the grave with our human nature.
Romans 8:18-21
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.
Adam didn't subject the creation to futility. God did. He subjected his creation to futility "in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its slavery to corruption." Futility, corruption, and death were built into creation from the very beginning.
Quite the contrary. God in His foreknowledge knew Adam would sin and had a plan to correct his error. Satan controls the power of death, thus sin and is the ruler of this world. What it means is that God permitted Adam to suffer mortality as well as the earth since man was created from the earth. God's plan was to have His Son, come into this world at an appointed time as Incarnate, meaning Christ divine nature would assume the human nature of man through the Virgin Mary. Because it was this human nature that died and was resurrected, so were mankind and the universe given eternal existence again. Christ in His human nature is consubtantial with the universe and man who was created from that universe. That is what the latter part of your citation is stating.
If irt was built into creation, then there would be no need for God to punish sin since, as you say, it was built into creation. There would be no need to correct the fact that we die.
I, for one, outside of scripture disagreeing with you, why would God create something then also built its destruction into it and call it good.
God condemns those who do not repent of their sins.
agreed
Death is already part of our physical reality. It was already here when we were born. And it will be here after we die. The "sting" of death is sin, which -- if not forgiven -- will result in permanent nonexistence.
Yes, death is part of our reality and will be as long as the earth remains, as well as from the beginning. Christ did not change our mortal nature of this life, nor that of creation. He wanted to restore His creation back to an eternal existence where sin will no longer be a factor. He was not willing to permit His creation, let alone a creature that bore His Image to be dissolved by death. I Cor 15:56 which you quoted is the reason why we sin so easily and so much. God permitted sin to remain in order to provide a test to one's love for Him. A love willing to love freely and to follow Him. Which is why He provided sacrifice for sin so that those IN Christ can seek forgiveness of their sins and remain in fellowship with Him.
Nothing in this universe including every single human being will never be distroyed. Christ reconciled the world to God for the sole purpose of giving it an eternal existance again. He renewed creation, often called the recapitulation of the world.
Hell, if it exists, is only a temporary condition. The Lake of Fire is permanent.
Neither is permanent. every single person will live eternally. Scripture never explains where those who were condemned for their sin will actually dwell. All we know that God will be wherever that might be, because even as immortal beings, we achieved that status by grace, created. So to continue to uphold the new heaven and new earth, God will still be the source of divine energy.
God meant creation was "good: suitable for the story he wants to tell." Contrary to our idiom, "good" doesn't mean "perfect". Remember, God speaks things into existence. When he created light it says, "God said 'Let there be light.'" The creation is a story that God is telling and everything that exists and everything that happens serves his story.
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You misunderstand. Paul isn't suggesting that the Devil's power is in his ability to cause death. The power of the devil is the FEAR of death. The devil leverages our fear against us.
No, it says he has the power of death and to release those who had the fear of death were subject to bondage. Correct reading leads to correct understanding.
The devil caused many people to receive a deadly injection. Those who took it feared they would die from an illness.
Those in hell will be judged and then tossed into the Lake of Fire to be destroyed.
You misunderstand. God is not going to "restore" people back to an eternal existence. Those who are worthy to attain to the coming age will not be restored, they will be resurrected and glorified. And what is glorification? To be glorified is to be as Jesus was, good, true, righteous, kind, generous, and without sin.
God is love. No place in scripture does it say God will destroy any of His creatures or the universe. Rev 21, starts out with "He will make all things new. That is precisely what He did by His resurrection which is enacted in the eschotan.
You don't understand. Death is still with us today. Death will not be defeated until the resurrection when God will raise the "pleroma" from the dead and grant them a place in the coming age and glorify them to be like their master Jesus Christ.
I have no idea where you would find this in scripture?
Yes, it does. You seem to have missed the point. Those who survive into the coming age are those "whom you (the Father) have given me."
Which is every single human being. Col 1:20 is general, all things were reconciled. I Cor 15:53-54, all the dead, not some of the dead will be raised. Paul indicates in Rom 2:8f, all will stand before God and be judged for their deeds. Rev 20:11-13. John 6:39-- that all He has given me, I should lose nothing but should raise IT up at the last day. Vs 40 a distinction. that everyone who sees and believes may have everlasting life and raise him up AT THE LAST DAY.
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