(1/2) A Paradise World for You to Hope for

In this World we have War, Crime, Famine, Earthquakes and Aging - to mention just a few. Yet there is reason for hope. The Bible predicts a "New Heavens and a New Earth that we are awaiting according to [God's] Promise, and in these Righteousness is to dwell."-2 Peter 3:13; Isaiah 65:17.

These "New Heavens" and "New Earth," are not a new material Heavens or Earth. The physical Earth and Heavens were made perfect, and the Bible shows they will remain forever. (Psalm 89:36, 37; 104:5) The "New Earth" will be a Righteous Society of people living on Earth, and the "New Heavens" will be a perfect Heavenly Kingdom, or Government, that will rule over this Earthly Society of people.

(2/2) One of the reasons why we know what these represent is the consistent terminology used in the Bible for "Heavens" or even "mountains", that have often been used to represent Government and Rulers in the Bible, and the "Earth" as a peoples under those Rulers or Governments.

And when you pray the Lord's Prayer asking for God's Kingdom to come (Matthew 6:9, 10), you are actually asking for his Heavenly Government to rid the Earth of Sadness and wickedness and rule over this New World. And we can be confident that God will answer that prayer, since his Word promises: "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it."-Psalm 37:29.