The heavenly kingdom, as revealed in God’s Word, rests on certain historical, objective, physical facts in the earthly kingdom—such as the incarnation of the Son of God, His atoning death on the cross, and His resurrection. These saving events are revealed in the Word of God, but they are nevertheless actual events. They are miraculous and so could not be deduced by reason alone, and yet they happened in the world. The same can be said of the creation. Science could not be expected to uncover its details, which elude empirical observation and can only be known through the Word, but if the
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