Our Readers Ask . . Will the Earth Come to an End?

Some believed that the earth would end on October 21, 2011.   It did not. Thus, the prophecy of U.S. radio broadcaster Harold Camping rang hollow.  He predicted that Judgment Day would come on May 21, 2011 -A tremendous earthquake wold roll across the globe, and five months later, on October 21, the earth would be annihilated. 

The earth, however, will never come to an end. The Creator will not allow it.  His Word states: "You have already solidly fixed the earth, that it may keep standing." - PSALM 119:90. 

Some Bible readers may object, however, that this planet will be destroyed by  fire.  They point to (2 Peter 3:7, 10) to support that view.  "By the same word of the heavens and to the earth that are now  are stored up for fire and are being reserved for the day of judgment and of destruction of the ungodly men. . . .Yet Jehovah's day will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a hissing noise, but the elements being intensely hot will be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it will be discovered."  Are the apostle Paul"s words to be taken literally?

No, they are not. Why not?  Because the interpretation of these verses must line up with the context of Peter's letter and with the rest of the Bible.  A literal view of those texts would mean that the heavens, or universe-billions upon billions of stars and other matter-will be consumed by fire because just one speck in its vastness contains wicked humans.  Would you destroy miles of shoreline of sand because one grain of is not to your liking? That would not make sense! So, neither would Jehovah destroy all of his created universe because rebellion erupted on just one of his creative works.

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