The Son of God, through whom all things were made, not only made creation possible but his ongoing role throughout history has been to purge it of all impurity and corruption.
Purging and Cleansing
Matty’s Harmonization
We're harmonizing science with the Bible. How can this be possible if, superficially, science and the Bible look completely different? We have to know what's real science and what's not.
Create, purge: בֹּרִית – barar
Purging ties in with the broad narrative of scripture of refining and purification, the agent of which is the Lord Jesus Christ. Here's the meaning of the Hebrew root from which their word for soap is derived.
Baptism, Cleansing and Regeneration
God renewed the ground so that it would bear fruit again. The promise that God made to Noah. Noah's flood washed away the salts and toxic compounds that had accumulated. Earth was baptized.
The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything
This life is our opportunity to experience sentient life. God is the source of this life and he's made this obvious. However, he's not going to make us believe a certain way. We're free to believe whatever we want about life.
The Reason for Creation
God's ultimate goal is a place which is perpetually light, where there's no impurity or corruption, and where he has fellowship with sentient beings. But he isn't going to make anyone be there unless they want to be there.It's very helpful to know that the universe has a purpose because it helps us to understand the broad narrative. It's also useful to know that there's a reason for this purpose because it shows us the big picture.
The Purpose of Creation
One of the things which allows Matty's Paradigm to be a consistent with the broad narrative of scripture is understanding that creation has a specific purpose. This purpose harmonizes physics with spirituality.
February 20th
Gravity is the force by which creation is being purified. It lets us reconcile physics, chemistry and biology with scripture and the concepts of baptism, refinement and cleansing.