It always surprises me when Christians are startled at the thought that mankind might live forever on an earth made new. The Bible clearly teaches this, as the verses already shared demonstrate. For more details from an amill perspective, take a look at Anthony Hoekema's chapter on this subject in "The Bible and the Future" or in the more recent "The Promise of the Future" by Cornelis Venema.

If we believe in a resurrection of the body, why would we think that body was meant to live anywhere but on earth?

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M. Walker
Elder, Emmanuel Community Church
Arvada, Colorado