Life In Paradise

What the Bible says about the future of the earth and mankind might be summed up in one word - Paradise!
Jesus Christ spoke of it when he told a dying man: "You will be with me in Paradise." (Luke 23:43) The mention of Paradise no doubt brought to that man's mind the happy state of our first parents, Adam and Eve. When God created them, they were perfect and lived in a gardenlike park that the Creator had designed and planted. It was fittingly called the Garden Of Eden, which name denotes pleasure.

How delightful that garden was! It was a real paradise. Among its beautiful trees were those bearing delicious fruit. As Adam and Eve explored their domain, drank from its sweet waters, and gathered fruit from its trees, they had no reason to be anxious or fearful. Even animals posed no threat, for God had placed the man and his wife in loving dominion over all of them. In addition, the first human pair had vibrant health. As long as they remained obedient to God, an eternal, happy future lay before them. They were given the satisfying work of caring for their wonderful paradise home. Further, God gave Adam and Eve the mandate to "fill the earth and subdue it." They and their offspring were to extend the borders of paradise and our entire planet became a place of beauty and delight. - Genesis 1:28

Life In The Restored Paradise

Sickness, old age and death will no longer exist. "At that time the eyes of the blind ones will be opened, and the very ears of the deaf ones will be unstopped. At that time the lame one will climb up just as the stag does, and the tongue of the speechless one will cry out in gladness." (Isaiah 35:5-6) "God himself will be with [mankind]. And he will wipe our every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away." - Revelation 21:3-4

Crime, violence and wickedness will be gone forever. Evildoers themselves will be cut off..... Just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more.... He will not be. But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth." (Psalm 37:9-11) "As regards the wicked, they will be cut off from the very earth; and as for the treacherous, they will be torn away from it." - Proverbs 2:22

Peace will prevail earth wide. "He [God] is making wars to cease to the extremity of the earth. The bow he breaks apart and does cut the spear in pieces." (Psalm 46:9) "The righteous one will sprout, and the abundance of peace until the moon is no more." - Psalm 72:7.

Housing will be secure and work satisfying. "They will certainly build houses and have occupancy....they will not build and someone else have occupancy; they will not plant and someone else to the eating. For like the days of a tree will the days of my people be; and the work of their own hands my chosen ones will use to the full. They will not toil for nothing, nor will they bring to birth for disturbance." - Isaiah 65:21-23.

Healthful food will be available in abundance. "There will come to be plenty of grain on the earth; on the top of the mountains there will be an overflow." (Psalm 72:16) The earth itself will certainly give its produce; God, our God will bless us." - 67:6.

Everlasting life on paradise earth will be delightful. The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it." (Psalm37:29) "The wilderness and the waterless region will exult, and the desert plain will be joyful and blossom as the saffron." - Isaiah 35:1.