Consummation of the Kingdom - Renewed Creation

Many think of God's final judgment in terms of human destiny in either heaven or hell, but a careful examination of the scriptures shows that this judgment is ultimately concerned with God's intent for His creation to be sacred space - His dwelling place in which He is present and rules through His human image-children, just as He indicated when He ordered and filled the creation in the beginning. Judgment, then, is about vindicating truth by seeing to it that all things are made to fully conform to their created design and purpose. This is why John's final judgment vision in the Revelation is followed by his vision of the "new heavens and new earth," which vision completes the scriptural record even as it depicts the consummation of God's design for His creation - "Behold, I am making all things new."