Here is what I don’t understand:
Jesus said “Heaven and earth shall pass away”.
Peter said “the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up”.
Revelation 22 says the “leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations”.
Revelation 21 says “the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honor into it.”
Ecclesiastes 1:4 says “the earth abideth forever”.
So who is right?
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which 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” (II Peter 3:10).
Peter speaks of the heaven and the earth being cleanses and remade for the time when everything is finally glorified. The term ‘the day of the Lord’ encompasses the entire tribulation period and the millennium, or 1,007 years. It is during this time that the changes are made.
Again, you must separate the who, what, when and where of Scripture . . . that is, you must ‘rightly divide the Word of truth.”
>>>Revelation 22 says the “leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations”.
Revelation 21 says “the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honor into it.”<<<
When the Lord returns to split the Mount of Olives, thus introducing His Millennial reign of 1,000 years - those that are alive (not the church saints who will return with Him) will depend upon these things for their length of life.
Those who, during this church age, have suffered with Jesus will reign with Him. The Jews will ‘inherit the earth’ while the saved believers will inhabit the new Jerusalem, the heavenly city.
At the end of the Millennium (or after the final show of rebellion against the Messiah) “of His kingdom there will be no end.”
Which is placing Luke 1:33 in it’s proper context and place.
The old sin corrupted heaven and earth will pass away and the new sinless one will abide forever.