New Jerusalem is the Conclusion of the Bible

The key point here is: “Eventually our mortal body will be redeemed; at that time our whole being will be in the new creation.”

Carbon is the building block of life. When Jesus says to Simon, you are my Rock and on this Rock I will build my church, Jesus is saying, Simon you are like a piece of coal. You are black and combustible. Your smokey breath will create a thick pall of mystery and cause me and my children and followers to think you are incapable of sustaining a divine relationship with us. People will call you Satan or Beelzebub by Jove. Until the end of this age, many people will think you are an old gas giant who is full of hot air and incapable of creating and sustaining life here on this planet. Many will think you are a stinky body and irredeemable.

However as the story of Lazarus testifies…Simon your stinky body must be redeemed. It cannot be left buried. Simon you are the Father of the Church, the foundation stone and the capstone, the “Head” of the corner. Digging up coal, which is almost pure carbon, creates dust and bad fumes. Likewise, Simon your body and your past must be dug up even if it creates a stink (John 11:39). Simon your body and its history must come out in the open and your love for humanity and the Woman Jesus called Mary must be clearly seen.

Simon’s body was and is created in the eternal image and likeness of God the Father. Simon’s body must not be buried forever and kept in the dark underground beneath a stone unable to react to Jesus’ eternal energy saying…light there be light as he said at the very beginning of this world…before the Sun was created (Genesis 1:3) on the 4th day.

Scientists have found a way to burn coal with tree branches to create hydrogen and they have found a way to redeem and capture the carbon dioxide (C02)and other green house gas emissions produced with the combustion and transform what everyone thinks is bad into useful building and household products such as tables and chairs and even food. https://lindavogtturner.ca/blogs-%26-posts-1/f/eco-colonialism-or-redemption-and-innovation .

Some may criticize those who think they can make useful material out of C02 and say the burning of Coal and fossil fuel is like the Man who won’t commit to his bride or the Woman who won’t stop playing the part of the adulterer. They need to clean up their act because as long as Coal is burning Coal is belching out C02…and no longer pure carbon. https://www.cnet.com/news/the-carbon-age-dark-element-brighter-future/

However NASA says C02 can be turned into fuel https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/TOP2-160

So as humanity moves into the Carbon Age, the Church has a very important word of scripture to stand upon. For “I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.”