Is This World Going to End?

 Perhaps you are aware that the Bible speaks of the end of the wortld. (1 John 2:17) Is it referring to the end of the human race?  Will planet Earth becine a lifeless wasteland or  be destroyed completely?

THE BIBLE'S ANSWER TO BOTH OF THESE QUESTIONS IS NO!

WHAT WILL NOT END?

Mankind

What the Bible says:  God "did not create [the earth]simply for nothing, but formed it to be inhabited." - ISAIAH 45:18.

PLANET EARTH

What the Bible says: "A generation is goint, and a  generation is coming, but the earth remains forever." - ECCLESIASTES 1:4.

WHAT IT MEANS: According to the Bible, the earth will  never be destroyed and it will always be inhabited. So, what is meant by the end of the world? 

 CONSIDER: The Bible compares the coming end of this  world to what happened in the days of Noah.  At that time, the earth was "full of violence."  (Genesis 6:13)  However, Noah was righteous. So God preserved Noah and his family, but he destroyed the wicked people by means of a flood.  Referring to what happened back then, the Bible says: "The world of that time suffered destruction when it was flooded with water." (2 Peter 3:6) That was the end of wicked people on the earth and to the syste of things thet put together. 

Next time: Is This World Going to End? - What Will End?

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