For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those with integrity will remain in it,
but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the treacherous will be rooted out of it
The meek shall inherit the earth. They will live in the land. They won't be removed from it, but will stay in it to live on it. But the wicked will be cut off from where they are. They won't be allowed to keep any of it. They can't dig anchors deep enough to hold on. They will be rooted out and removed.
Proverbs 10:30
The righteous shall never be removed:
but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
The old creation will pass away and behold, the new will come. Like us, it will not be utterly obliterated, but transformed; not annihilated, but refined and purified. The new earth will be like the old one, only better. Just like the new man is like the old one, only redeemed.
When someone meets a Christian on the street, they still recognize them as the unbeliever they knew from high school. They look similar enough, yet upon five minutes of discussion, they soon discover that this is not the same person they once knew. So it will be with the new earth. It will be recognizable, but five minutes of exploration there will reveal how different it is from the old creation.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
When someone meets a Christian on the street, they still recognize them as the unbeliever they knew from high school. They look similar enough, yet upon five minutes of discussion, they soon discover that this is not the same person they once knew. So it will be with the new earth. It will be recognizable, but five minutes of exploration there will reveal how different it is from the old creation.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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