The New Heavens and the New Earth | Isaiah 65:16-25, 66:22-24

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How would Israel take comfort from the hope of a new heavens and a new earth?

How can Christians make sense of the hope of a new heavens and a new earth?

The New Heavens and the New Earth | Isaiah 65:16-25, 66:22-24 | Isaiah's Prophetic Hope | Outline | Conversation

"Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them. For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore. But be happy and rejoice forevermore over what I am about to create! For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem to be a source of joy, and her people to be a source of happiness. Jerusalem will bring me joy, and my people will bring me happiness. The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow will never be heard in her again. Never again will one of her infants live just a few days or an old man die before his time. Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed. They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, for my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced. They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For YHWH will bless their children and their descendants. Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear. A wolf and a lamb will graze together; a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, and a snake’s food will be dirt. They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain," says YHWH (Isaiah 65:16-25)

"For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me," says YHWH, "so your descendants and your name will remain. From one month to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people will come to worship me," says YHWH. "They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent" (Isaiah 66:22-24).