Doom or Destiny
The second law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy, declares that this universe is running down like a clock. Inevitably the stars will one day be burned out and the whole universe cooled down far below zero. All human schemes and dreams will have been washed like sand castles into a cosmic ocean of nothingness. Naturalism as a religious hope will have proven to be a dismal disappointment.
The God of supernaturalism, however, who is not part of this dying universe, is able to reach in from outside—not with the recycling of reincarnation but with the new life of resur*rection. Indeed, the Bible says that He will let go of the atom which He now holds together and create a completely new universe:
“The heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with the fervent heat; the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.... Neverthe*less we, according to his promise, look for a new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness” (2 Peter 3:10,13).
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