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no. God promised that he will not destroy all life again. The Isaiah passage you quoted is not about (the destruction of) life.
he can become one. He can incarnate, I think.
Everything is literal by default... unless it's prophecy.
If it's not the Book of Revelation, I handle this question that way: when a child understands it in a literal manner, it's literal. But it can be metaphorical also. In addition to the literal meaning.
If you exclude a literal meaning too often... then the uneducated and the children would have a disadvantage. God is against discrimination, I think.
1/ not sure
2/ does not break promises.
3/ he regrets, many people don't fathom a God who regrets. Bible says he does, so I see it that way, too.
4/ I believe God can assume a body... but does not always have to have one.
no, I clarified it in my custom title.
Great answers! Thank you very much for those.
It is understood by a lot of people that God will bring about the end of the Universe or this Earth and will in its place create a New Earth and Heavens (which were understood to mean the whole of the Heavens, the Universe), and in doing so, nothing will be able to survive or live, everything will be wiped out, as the Old Earth won't even be around, it will be gone, so anything that was on it won't be around, it will be gone with it, also known as dead, destroyed, finito, boomy, gone-gone, kapow, kablooey, zip, ziddle, swoosh, no longer present, no longer active, no longer animated, no longer alive, not supporting any life.
Thus, it is understood that everything will be gone, dead, wiped out, worse than the flood (which didn't kill everything anyway either, just most things according to some), and then they will be resurrected on the New Earth in fresh re-created bodies brought forth.
So this promise about "I'll never wipe out everything" seems to be untrue, because not only did God not wipe out everything in the first place with the flood, but then goes ahead and does wipe out the entire Earth and the Universe so that there is nothing left in existence of those two, and puts in their place a new one, breaking the promise, but quickly fixing the issue by bringing the things back to life (so it isn't too big of a deal), the big deal though is that the language seems to be imprecise enough that it can count for an untrue statement or not exactly or entirely true, and if there is this kind of leeway, then the little children you mentioned might misunderstand (because of being simple little ijuts), and then the other promises become a little questionable or doubtful, like is God using some sort of riddle language, tricky language? Why not explaining things or being very obvious or easy to understand or blatant?
So then, if these things are called into doubt, how do we know what to believe, what it means, and what interpretation to take? Its reminiscent of the sneakiness of Abraham "Well she is my half-sister!".
If we are to take it all literally by default, here are some things that you likely believe happened (and can you explain how you personally view these things, or why you are so certain in this book and its statements? Like why do you, by default, seem to believe literally whatever at all it says? Let alone that you take it as literal for the most part, but why do you even believe in it at all with such fierce certainty? You wouldn't like it or find it sensible for someone else to be so fierce in their belief of some other book, "just because", would you?):
You believe in the 6 or 7 Day Creation, You believe that there were beings created who were not human as far as you know but who could mate with human women (the Sons of God who descended), that these are called Sons of God (are they literally Gods Sons? God is Literally having sex and producing Sons? Why not? Suddenly not literal?) and these things then lust after humans (did God mate with a Lusty Being to produce these, or is God a lusty being himself, so that these Sons carry God's lusty nature?) and mate with them (they apparently have appendages and genetics and sperm and all that to do so, which mixes with humans, I guess because God is in the Image of Man so must also have sperm), and then these beings breed out Giant monster Demi-God things who were the "Heroes" and whatever maybe of mythology, and then these Giants Half-God descendants of God go around causing trouble, until their Grandpa God kills them? The Evil Sons of God (God must carry the Evil Gene somehow) then are placed under the Earth, where they may even continue to somehow influence us (do you believe in the Book of Enoch or just whatever some committee decided is God speaking and not the other things people seemed to think were also revelatory scripture? The Ethiopians are fools?).
Also, the Bible said something like "You are Gods" and God says "Will become like Us" and seems to be talking to a bunch of Gods, even though later it says there is No Other God, what is going on there? Were there others and God De-Godded them?
What is Jesus? Is Jesus God, or God's Only Begotten Son? Yet, who are these Sons of God before Jesus? What is "begotten" and how is that word not very confusing for people or children unless it really means that Jesus is literally God's genetic offspring, just like it seems to say in the genealogy that traces back to Adam then God as Adam's ancestor?
What do you take the Devil to be, can the Devil incarnate or take physical forms as well? Why has the Devil been allowed so much and allowed to go and hurt so many, if you were a loving person, would you let some mad predator screw around with all your kids on a regular basis? Wouldn't you thus be a failure of a Father, a wicked Father, wouldn't it be right for you to be thrown into prison for allowing some known predator go and mess around with all the kids in the playground and you do nothing and murmur to yourself "Its his American Right! Freeeeduuuumb!"
You've always been very patient and kind, I appreciate it a lot.
You may also enjoy this thread:
The Incompatibility of Religious Views (like some Christian views with others)
I'd like you to contribute there if possible regarding "incompatibility". It has beautiful writing present as attributed to the Apostle Paul.
