Title: The Need for New Heavens and a New Earth

Topic: Second Coming

Summary: We look at the statements in Scripture that a new heavens and a new earth are coming, and ponder whether they mean physical destruction or not.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
Isaiah 65:17; 66:22; 33:20
Jeremiah 31:40
Ezekiel 43:7
Daniel 2:44; 4:3, 34; 6:26; 7:13-14, 18, 27
Amos 9:15
Micah 4:7
2 Peter 3:9-17
Revelation 21:1-5
Genesis 1:1
Jeremiah 4:22
Psalms 102
Isaiah 51:1-16
Jeremiah 4:1-end
Revelation 20:11
Luke 5:36
Ezekiel 36:25
2 Corinthians 5:17

42. The Lord is called King and the Anointed. That is because He was the Messiah or Christ, and Messiah or Christ means King and Anointed. The Lord is accordingly also meant by King in the Word. He is by the same token meant by David, who was king over Judah and Israel.

That the Lord is called King and the Anointed of Jehovah is apparent from many passages in the Word. We are told, therefore, in the book of Revelation:

...the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings. (Revelation 17:14)

And in another place:

(He who sat on the white horse had) on His garment...a name written: “King of kings and Lord of lords.” (Revelation 19:16)

It is because the Lord is called King that heaven and the church are called His kingdom, and that His advent into the world is called the Gospel of the Kingdom.

That heaven and the church are called His kingdom may be seen in Matthew 12:28, 16:28; Mark 1:14-15, 9:1, 15:43; Luke 1:33, 4:43, 8:1, 10, 9:2, 11, 60, 10:11, 16:16, 19:11, 21:31, 22:18, 23:51.

And in Daniel:

...God...will cause to rise a kingdom which shall never be destroyed...; it shall break in pieces and consume all (other) kingdoms, while it shall stand forever. (Daniel 2:44)

Again in Daniel:

I was watching in the night visions, and behold, One like the Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven! ...Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should worship Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion..., and His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed. (Daniel 7:13-14, cf. 7:27)

That His advent is called the Gospel of the Kingdom may be seen in Matthew 4:23, 9:35, 24:14.