"As Christians, we are engaged by the Holy Spirit in the renewal of all humanity in Jesus Christ, and, through Him, we are laboring for the renewal of absolutely all things. Jesus says in the book of Revelation that He makes all things new (Rev. 21:5; cf. 2 Cor 5:17). Whatever it means to make all things new, it does not mean that we are to carry on just as before. It does not mean that we are to make our peace with the current corruptions. In order to participate in the process properly, one of the things we need to do is imitate the example of Jesus, to go back to how things were in the garden before our primeval rebellion put everything out of joint. We know from Scripture that the work of the second Adam, Jesus Christ, will far surpass the work of the first Adam (Rom. 5:15–17), but when Jesus takes us far above the blessing of the first creation, we can be sure that it cannot mean that He will actually take us below the level of that first, unfallen creation. The re-creation of all things is greater, not less, than the first creation." -- Douglas Wilson, Bone of My Bones
God's kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven will not be less than when He walked on the earth. The new earth will not be less than Eden was. The garden is not the high water mark of creation going forward although it is the benchmark of our hindsight. And if hindsight is 20/20, imagine how well we see when faith is made sight in front of us. The invisible will become visible and our new eyes will behold the goodness of God and His re-creation no longer as a blurred reflection, but straight on, face-to-face, and with perfect clarity.
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