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Bringing Heaven Down To Earth
Connecting This Life to the Next
by Nathan L.K. Bierma
P&R Publishing

Chapter 3
Theater of Glory: Heaven on Earth

Excerpt

Pages 58-64 in Chapter 3

Caring for the earth now is an act of witness to the coming of the new earth, when creation’s groans are ended and nature again flourishes to the glory of God. Caring for the earth now shows that we expect this to happen. We are stewards now because we expect to continue in the role for eternity, responsibly managing the natural world. This is why Keizer sees nature “both as an objective, biological reality, and as a vivid interior hope.”... continued