MMarc said:
Yep and this restoration will have us have the same relationship with the Father as Adam and Eve had before the fall...All because Jesus came for us.
I believe ADAM and EVE - as in the beginning (before the fall) of this earthly life are HISTORY!
NO RESTORATION of the original - NEW CREATION, yes. History of past natural, earthy things will be buried forever, along with all 'former things' of scripture.
1 Cor 15:45-49
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. KJV
Rev 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. KJV