Can the World be Saved?

What is

“the world”? 

To answer this question,

I would begin by distinguishing

the world, 

from the Earth.

What is the Earth?

I would not ask:

“what is the Venus?”

or “what is the Mars?”

Why then do I ask,

What is the Earth?

Should I not rather ask,

What is Earth?

and from this context ask,

What is the world

as distinguished

from Earth?

The word, “world”

is translated from the Greek

“kosmos”

meaning

an ordered, harmonious whole,

as distinct from chaos.

Why did the translators

coin the word

“world”

To convey the idea of kosmos?

“For God so loved the world . . .”

John 3.16

could have been translated:
"For God so loved 

an ordered, harmonious whole,

as distinct from chaos . . ."

So the question is not

can the world be saved,

but rather,

Can order be saved?

This question does not work

because order

either is, 

(in order)

or is not.

(out of order)

Unless of course

you are talking about a

“Pecking order”

which is a hierarchy,

but not "order" in the sense of "kosmos."

Therefore,

rather than asking whether

the world can be saved,

Why not ask whether

order can be restored?

Now that's a valid question.

"For God so loved order

that he sent his only begotten Son

that whosover

believes in him

should not perish

but have everlasting life."

John 3.16