Andrew, I’m afraid that I can’t honestly see how your view fares any better here to Macarthurs. Unless I’m seriously misreading you, aren’t you simply saying the same thing, but less explicitly?

This is the problem that I have with Wright acting as if his view is a great boon to the environmental movement. He still has God ultimately replacing/renewing Creation, as we know it. If we’re honest, doesn’t that strike at the heart of environmentalism?

I find it far more motivating to hold that this planet is it, so if we don’t look after it we’re screwed. Rev. 21, I’d believe, should be treated much as you’d treat every other passage using the same language - especially if we note the strong covenantal overtones.