You Can Live Forever on Earth - GOD'S ORIGINAL PURPOSE

Some say, however, that God ever meant for humans to live on earth forever.  They maintain that the earth was designed to be a temporary home, a testing ground to see which members of the human  family deserved to go to heaven and live eternally with God. But if that were true, would it not, in effect, make God responsible for all the evil and badness that filled the earth?  That would in direct contradiction to the very nature of God. About him, the Bible says: "For all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness who is never unjust; righteous and upright he is." - DEUTERONOMY 32:4. 

The Bible clearly reveals God's original purpose for the earth in these words:  "As for the heavens, they belong to Jehovah, but the earthy he has given to the sons of men." (Psalm 115:16)  Yes, God created the earth to be a beautiful, permanent home for mankind, and he filled it with everything we need to enjoy meaningful, endless life. - GENESIS 2;8, 9. 

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