Is This World Going to End?

 Perhaps you are aware that the Bible speaks of the end of this world.  (1 John 2:17) Is it referring to the human race? Will planet Earth become 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 going, and 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 a world. Yet, what was destroyed?  Not the earth, but the wicked people on the earth.  Thus, when the Bible speaks of the end of the world, it is not referring to the destruction of the planet. Instead, it is referring to the end of the wicked people on the earth and to the system of things they have put together. 

Next time: What Will End?/PROBLEMS AND WICKEDNESS

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