Romans 8: 20-25
For the creation (the Universe) was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the One who subjected it (the Second Law of Thermodynamics), in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay (everything going from Order to Chaos, death), and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God (the New Heaven and New Earth).
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, which is the redemption (resurrection in glory) of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved.
But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
God's great Plan of the Ages is to work all the way to the New Heaven and New Earth. When He created, everything was good, and Mankind was very good. Then sin entered the picture, and God cursed the whole Universe because of Adam's transgression. Decay and Death had to affect the whole scenario in order for a Savior to be able to die to save Man.
Science is based on the Laws of Thermodynamics. The First Law is the Conservation of Matter, that nothing more can be created nor can what is, be obliterated, only change form. This is God's creation, what He has done, no one else can do, nor can anyone destroy what He has done. The Second Law is Entropy, that all things tend to naturally go from order into chaos. This is the curse that sin has placed on the Universe, decay and death.
When God replaces this cursed order of being with the New Heaven and New Earth, this old order will cease to exist, there will be no more decay or death, and all things will be made new, to never run down, but to endure pristine throughout all eternity. Our bodies will be resurrected to be like Jesus' Resurrection body, and we will shine like the sun. And the curse will be removed from the whole Universe, freeing it to be the glorious creation God meant it to be.
This is the "last chapter" in our story. But I don't think it is the end of God's plans. Isaiah 9:7 tells us that "there will be no end to the increase of His government." This means that God will never "rest on His laurels" but continue to act, to be creative and inventive, and we will, too, as we are made in His image.
What a wonderful future God has for us! But we are still here, now, in this fallen, cursed world. That's why even the Earth is groaning under the strain of the curse, with all the earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and such. And we are beset with trials, tribulations and griefs. But the Blessed Hope of Christ's Glorious Appearing, and the hope of this unimaginable future can sustain us through it all, knowing that God is sovereign.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
