as you said Stephen...I have no clue about reincarnation which gives the idea that something which once was will be again. That is only so if we add yes..but in another form.

The universe is in continuous creation and hence reincarnation because the creation is old things made new. And so every day we see a tree and might think it looks the same, it has in fact reincarnated by shedding some of it's old image and adding something new until eventually all the old has disappeared and replaced by new..He makes all things new. But it does not stop there...creation goes on and on and on. And where once was a tree is now a house...built from tree and other material but in the same process...building up, eroding, replacing.

It's like the soup....which is continuously being stirred by the creator being immersed in the soup. It still has all the same ingredients, nothing new get's into the soup from the outside. But each time you take a sample you'll find where the spaghetti was before is now the carrot and some of the spaghetti has changed from last time around ...it just goes on and on.

Very interesting article and much insight in your post Stephen.