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Isaiah 24:4 The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away;
The haughty people of the earth languish.
Isaiah 24:5 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, because they have
trangressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
Isaiah 24:6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are
desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.
Three phases to God’s plans for planet earth.
1. The earth before the curse.
2. The earth since the curse.
3. The earth after the curse.
1. The present earth.
2. The purging of the earth and its renovation.
3. The earth and it’s recreation.
1. The present cursed earth.
2. The renovated earth.
3. The recreated earth.
I. THE PRESENT CURSED EARTH.
Isaiah 24:4 The earth mourns and fades away …
Isaiah 24:5 The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants …
Isaiah 24:6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it…
Romans 1:25 (NLT) “… They worshiped and served the things God created instead
of the Creator himself,
President Biden said on September 10th in Hanoi Vietnam (quote)
“The only extra extensional crisis even more threatening than a nuclear war
is global warming going above 1.5 degrees in the next ten to twenty years.”
U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Haaland on September 20th (quote)
“Climate change is criss of our lifetime. We have an obligation to future
generations to make sure we have a planet for them to live on.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said ‘The world is going to end in 12 years
if we don’t address climate change,’
Vice President Harris on September 19th in Reading Pennslyvania (quote)
I’ve heard young leaders talk with me about a term they’ve coined called
climate anxiety, which is fear of the future and the unknown of whether it
makes sense for you to even think about having children, whether it makes
sense for you to think about aspiring to buy a home because what will this
climate be?”
The gospel was never given to save civilization from wreckage.
The gospel is given to save men from the wreckage of civilization.
II. THE RENOVATION OF PLANET EARTH.
Luke 21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and
on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring;
Luke 21:26 Men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things
which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
The phase out of planet earth during the seven year tribulation period.
Revelation 6:12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was
a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the
moon became like blood.
Revelation 6:13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late
figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.
Revelation 6:14 Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every
mountain and island was moved out of its place.
Revelation 8: 7 The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with
blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up,
and all green grass was burned up.
Revelation 8:8 Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain
burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.
Revelation 8:9 And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the
ships were destroyed.
Revelation 8:10 Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven,
burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
Revelation 8:11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became
wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter
Revelation 8:12 Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck,
a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened.
A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.
Revelation 16:18 And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there
was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred
since men were on the earth.
Revelation 16:19 Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of
the nations fell…
Revelation 16:20 Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
Haggai 2:6 “For thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake
heaven and earth, the sea and dry land;
Haggai 2:7 and I will shake all nations,
1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the
dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
Revelation 20:4 “… And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
The Bible says that all of creation is longing for the millennium to happen:
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; And the government
will be upon His shoulder …
Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon
the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment
and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will
perform this.
Isaiah 35:1 The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, and the desert
shall rejoice and blossom as the rose;
Isaiah 35:2 It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and singing …
They shall see the glory of the Lord, The excellency of our God.
Isaiah 11:6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with
the young goat, the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child
shall lead them.
Isaiah 11:7 The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together;
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Isaiah 11:8 The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole, and the weaned child shall
put his hand in the viper’s den.
Isaiah 11:9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall
be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
Isaiah 14:7: “The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing”.
Micah 4:3 “… They shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into
pruning hooks; Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn
war anymore.
Revelation 20:1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to
the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Revelation 20:2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and
Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
Revelation 20:3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set
a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years
were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.
Revelation 20:7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released
from his prison
Revelation 20:8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners
of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is
as the sand of the sea.
Revelation 20:9 They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp
of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and
devoured them.
Revelation 20:10 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented
day and night forever and ever.
The Apostle Peter describes the destruction before the recreation.
2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same
word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the
heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent
heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
2 Peter 3:11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,
2 Peter 3:12 Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because
of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt
with fervent heat?
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and
a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
III. THE RECREATED EARTH.
Isaiah 65:17 For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former
shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
Isaiah 66:22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall
remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
There’s a new world coming — the finale.
Lyrics “New World Coming”
There’s a new world coming
And it’s just around the bend
There’s a new world coming
This one’s coming to an end
Yes a new world’s coming
The one we’ve had visions of.
Coming in peace, coming in joy,
Coming in love.
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Revelation 21:1 Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven
and the first earth had passed away.
Revelation 21:4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be
no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former
things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:5 Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.”
And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”
