The biblical doctrine of the New Earth is so encouraging.

Every time I'm tempted to think I'm not getting something I want out of this life, or that I'm being let down by the world, in big ways and small, I'm reminded that God promises me a world of perfection where I will experience all the best things and none of the worst things, for eternity.

Though technically it is called "the New Heavens and New Earth," I prefer just the New Earth because many people have the mistaken idea that eternal life means floating in the clouds in some ethereal heaven forever.

In reality, it promises that this earth will be freed from corruption and decay and fully renewed like a newborn child, and that is where we will live in resurrection bodies with God.

So it is "new" in terms of its upgraded quality, but not "new" in the sense that it is a completely different earth than the one we inhabit today. God's creation of the earth in Genesis 1 was of eternal, eschatological significance, and He never gives up on it or completely destroys it. He only refines, purifies, and renews it for us. - Travis M Snow