What will happen to the earth?

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What’s Your Question? for July 21, 2010

The Bible says the earth had a beginning. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1). The Psalmist said, God laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens (atmosphere and outer space, Gen. 2:1; 2 Cor. 12:2), were the work of His hands, but they will perish (Ps. 102:25-27). Isaiah said “the heavens will be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down,” and “vanish away like smoke” (Is. 34:4; 51:6). Peter stated the earth that was “standing out of water and in the water” (Gen. 1:2,9) “will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat” (2 Pet. 3:10). The things that were made will be shaken, but the kingdom of Christ is eternal (Heb. 12:27,28). The Bible does not teach an eternal Paradise on earth!