In 2019, Randy Alcorn spoke on the subject of the New Earth at Good Shepherd Community Church, in Oregon.

Randy Alcorn's PowerPoint presentation from his message on the future Heaven at Good Shepherd Community Church, May 2019.

Question from a reader: After all the things done to the earth during the Tribulation, what is going to be left for Jesus to rule and reign over for 1,000 years? Revelation says a third of the rivers, a third of the oceans, a third of the animals, and a third of the earth itself will be destroyed. Are we going to spend the first 500 years cleaning everything up?

Today’s blog is excerpted from a 12-day devotional on Heaven I wrote, which is available on YouVersion.

A reader asked me, “The last part of Isaiah 11:9 says, ‘For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.’ Most of the things I’ve read focus on the first part of the verse, which says, ‘They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain.’ What are your thoughts on this beautiful promise in Isaiah 11:9 and how it relates to the New Earth?”

Because work began before sin and the Curse, and because God, who is without sin, is a worker, we should assume human beings will work on the New Earth. We’ll have satisfying and enriching work that we can’t wait to get back to, work that’ll never be drudgery.

Imaginez: vous faites partie d'une équipe de la NASA se préparant à une mission de cinq ans sur Mars. Après une période de formation intensive, la date de lancement de la fusée tombe enfin. Tandis que la fusée décolle, l’un de vos collègues astronautes vous demande: «Que sais-tu de Mars?» Haussant les épaules, vous répondez: «Rien. Nous n'en avons jamais parlé. Je suppose que nous le découvrirons sur place.» Cette situation est impensable, n'est-ce pas?

Randy Alcorn was interviewed about different parts of his life. In this clip, he talks about our life now and the life to come on the New Earth.

Many Bible-believing Christians today are crippled by their unbiblical view of the life to come. This is why I have written at length on the subject of Heaven, putting primary emphasis on the resurrection and eternal state centered on the New Earth.