"If God wanted to consign us to Hell and start over, he could have. He could have made a new Adam and Eve and sent the old ones to Hell. But he didn't. Instead, he chose to redeem what he started with- the heavens, Earth, and mankind- to bring them back to his original purpose. God is the ultimate salvage artist. He loves to restore things to their original condition--and make them even better. God's purpose in our salvation is reflected in a phrase from the hymn "Hallelujah, What a Savior!": "ruined sinners to reclaim." The word reclaim recognizes that God had a prior claim on humanity that was temporarily lost but is fully restored and taken to a new level in Christ. "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it"(Psalm 24:1). God has never surrendered his title deed to the earth. He owns it- and he will not relinquish it to his enemies.
taken from Randy Alcorn's book "Heaven"
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