Entropy is the drift of ordered things toward disorder.
The heavens wear out like a garment.
The creation was subjected to futility,
not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope.
Scripture is not a physics paper. It does say the world wears out, and that God will make it new.
Entropy is a scientific name, not a Bible word. It describes the tendency of closed systems to move from order toward disorder, often discussed with the second law of thermodynamics and with a universe that had a beginning. Scripture says the heavens will wear out like a garment. Paul says the creation was subjected to futility, in hope, and waits to be set free from bondage to corruption. God finished a good creation. The fall of man is the chapter where the ground is cursed. Entropy is not that chapter. It is a later description of a world that runs down. The hope in the text is not an eternal rundown. It is a new heavens and a new earth.
The garment wears out. The creation waits in hope. He will make all things new. Say that. Do not make the second law a verse it is not.
The heavens will wear out like a garment.
The creation was subjected to futility, in hope.
Bondage to corruption is not the last word.
Behold, I am making all things new.
The heavens will wear out like a garment.
The creation was subjected to futility, in hope.
Behold, I am making all things new.
Entropy names the drift toward disorder. Scripture says the world wears out, and that this is not the end. Do not turn the second law into a verse. Do not ignore the garment that wears out.
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