Universe made new again?
And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has established forever.“ ( Psalm 78:69 ) There are a number of passages in the Bible that state unequivocally that the earth, in some form, is going to continue eternally. “One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever” ( Ecclesiastes 1:4 ). However, this present earth and its atmospheric heavens must first be purged of all the age-long effects of sin and the curse, which now affect the very elements (or “dust of the earth”). Therefore, “the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up” ( 2 Peter 3:10 ). Evidently, this fiery cataclysm is not an annihilation of the earth and its atmosphere but rather a great exchange of energies . The earth’s very elements will probably be converted into sound and heat energies by mass-energy nuclear-conversion pr