Yes — the present earth will pass away and be replaced by a far larger new earth to accommodate the New Jerusalem and billions of people.
Les Feldick teaches that the current planet will have “used up its usefulness” by the end of the thousand-year reign and will be burned up by fire. God then brings a new heaven and new earth, which Les pictures as so immense that it makes Jupiter look like a playground marble. This enormous size is necessary because the New Jerusalem is 1,500 miles in every dimension, and because billions of people — including countless infants who died in innocence — will inhabit the eternal state.
Revelation 21:1 — This verse directly answers the question by revealing that the first earth passes away and is replaced by a new heaven and a new earth.
Revelation 21:2 — It identifies the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, the city that will rest on the new earth.
Revelation 21:16 — The city's enormous dimensions, twelve thousand furlongs in length, breadth, and height, explain why the new earth must be vastly larger than the present planet.
Revelation 21:1 declares: “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.” The present creation is not eternal; it passes away, and God makes all things new. The same chapter then shows John the holy city: “And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband” (Revelation 21:2). John measures the city, and its size is staggering — “And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal” (Revelation 21:16). These verses establish both the replacement of the old earth and the arrival of the magnificent city on the new earth.
Les explains that by the end of the thousand-year millennial reign, the present planet will have “used up its usefulness” and will be burned up by fire. In its place, God will bring a new heaven and a new earth. This new earth must be enormous, because the New Jerusalem is 1,500 miles long, 1,500 miles wide, and 1,500 miles high, and a city that size needs a tremendous planet to hold it and keep it in orbit.
Les says the kingdom will be “lifted off the planet long enough for a whole new planet to come on the scene,” and that this planet will have used up its usefulness by the end of the thousand-year reign. He also says the earth will be “burned up by fire” at the end of the millennial reign. Scripture confirms that the first heaven and first earth pass away, making room for a new heaven and new earth (Revelation 21:1).
Les points to the New Jerusalem, a city 1,500 miles long, wide, and high. Such a city, he says, will require a tremendous planet to hold it and keep it in orbit. He also anticipates billions upon billions of people in eternity, so the new earth must be so huge that “it’s going to make Jupiter look like a playground marble.”
No. Les says there will not be any “massing together” of our eternal bodies, and believers will have ample room. Because the new earth will be so huge — and with no ocean taking up space — every bit of it will be habitable. He says we should never think for a minute that we will be cramped for room in glory.
Les repeatedly says we will not spend eternity floating on a cloud or sitting around strumming a harp. Instead, the new earth will be “a carbon copy” of the Kingdom, with tremendous production and activity, and a “viable social existence on planet earth.” He describes the new universe as “garden plots for believers” and says the Body of Christ will have responsibilities throughout all of God’s new creation, ruling with Christ in the heavenlies without limits of time and space.
The New Jerusalem Descends
Les describes the holy city, new Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven as a jeweled, glorified city — the city that will come to rest on the new earth.
A City Too Large for the Present Earth
Les computes the New Jerusalem at 1,500 miles in every direction and says it will take a tremendous planet to hold it and keep it in orbit, showing why the new earth must be huge.
A Huge Earth for Billions
Les says billions of people, including multitudes of infants and possibly aborted little ones, will be in eternity, so the new earth will be so huge that Jupiter looks like a playground marble.
Billions of People Including Infants
Les argues that the new earth is needed because there will be billions and billions of people, since infants who die in innocence are God's harvest.
The Old Earth Passes Away
Les says the planet will have used up its usefulness by the end of the thousand-year reign and will be replaced by a new heaven and new earth.
Rule in a New Creation
Les says the new universe will be like garden plots for believers, and the Body of Christ will have responsibilities throughout it, ruling with Christ in the heavenlies without limits of time and space.
Burned Up and Replaced
Les says the old earth will be burned up by fire at the end of the millennial reign, and the new earth will be an extension of the kingdom economy with tremendous production and activity.
Heaven on an Earth
Les says the eternal abode will be on the new earth — a viable social existence on a planet, not an ethereal, foggy heaven.
Revelation 21:1: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
This is the core promise that the old earth passes away and a new earth takes its place.
Revelation 21:2: And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
The New Jerusalem descends from heaven and will be the city that rests on the new earth.
Revelation 21:16: And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
These enormous dimensions are why Les says the new earth must be far larger than the present planet.
Les explains that the New Jerusalem is 1,500 miles in each direction, and a city that size requires a tremendous planet to hold it and keep it in orbit. He also says billions of people, including infants who die in innocence, will be in eternity, so there will be ample room. The new earth will be so huge that Jupiter looks like a playground marble by comparison.
Les teaches that the planet will have used up its usefulness by the end of the thousand-year reign and will be burned up by fire. Scripture says the first earth passes away, making way for a new heaven and a new earth.
No. Les says there will not be any massing together of our eternal bodies, and the new earth will have enough room for everyone. If there is no ocean, every bit of the new earth will be habitable.
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