eclipsenow
God cares about his creation as well as us.
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Good question. Maybe other bible bellevers can try to chirp in here. I used to think that this earth at least the inner earth would remain, and that the surface would be burned off. The new earth would be the new surface I thought, but with the same foundations. The heavens would be new. I still lean that direction but am not sure.
This is just ... weird. Things will be eternal. That means changing the fundamental laws of physics!
But, theologically speaking, we know there will be some continuity, in that I will still be me, but sinless, and the Earth will still be recognisably the Earth, it will also be bigger, better, more like the Earth than it is now.
The picture language in Revelation is of the New Jerusalem descending to Earth. That's not about a city renovation, folks, but of dimensions colliding, of God bringing his dwelling place to mankind. But this is theological language, not scientific. There's simply no way to describe it scientifically because this is the stuff of theology: of trusting in Christ's promises.
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