Counsel #5 — The New Earth

Picture: Counsel #5 — The New EarthCFL 79.1

At the close of the thousand years in heaven, Christ returns to the earth with the redeemed, all the inhabitants of heaven and the Holy City. Our recreated planet becomes the hub of the universe.God will be with us, making His home with the saved for eternity.^{[74]https://www.adventist.org/what-is-the-new-earth/}CFL 79.2

“Then I, John , saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, ‘Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.” Revelation 21:1-3 NKJVCFL 79.3

“The earth originally given to man as his kingdom, betrayed by him into the hands of Satan, and so long held by the mighty foe, has been brought back by the great plan of redemption. All that was lost by sin has been restored…. God’s original purpose in the creation of the earth is fulfilled as it is made the eternal abode of the redeemed.” Ellen White in The Great Controversy, p. 674CFL 79.4

Reflect: What could possibly bring greater joy than to see God and know Him as Father, and His Son Jesus as Immanuel, “God with us”?CFL 79.5