Question 17
What will God do with this earth after the fire goes out?
Bible
Isaiah 65:17
Revelation 21:1
Answer
After the fire goes completely out, God will create new heavens and a new earth. In vision, John saw God re-create this earth the way it was when He created it in the beginning for Adam and Eve. After the Millennium, the saints will witness this re-creation and forever enjoy living with Jesus in this perfect new earth, where sin will never come back again (Nahum 1:9).
"The great controversy is ended. Sin and sinners are no more. The entire universe is clean. One pulse of harmony and gladness beats through the vast creation. From Him who created all, flow life and light and gladness throughout the realms of illimitable space. From the minutest atom to the greatest world, all things, animate and inanimate, in their unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare that God is love." The Great Controversy 678