Are trees and birds part of God's plan for salvation?
I don't know about you, but this is pretty different than the understanding of salvation I was taught growing up. Are trees and birds and rocks and swamps really part of the salvation brought through Jesus?The Bible pains a much larger picture of salvation. It describes all of creation being restored. The author of Ephesians writes that all things will be brought together under Jesus (Eph. 1:10).
Salvation is the entire universe being brought back into harmony with its maker.
This has huge implications for how people present the message of Jesus. Yes, Jesus can come into our hearts. But we can join a movement that is as wide and deep and big as the universe itself. Rocks and trees and birds and swamps and ecosystems. God's desire is to restore all of it.
The point is not me; it's God. (pages 109-110)
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