The new heaven and new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 

If we are looking for righteousness, fairness, justice on this present earth, we will likely be gravely disappointed.
 
It is in the new heavens and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness, says the apostle Peter.

2 Peter 3:10-14



10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.



11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,



12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?



13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.



14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

 
No matter what we do, we will not be able to make this present earth righteous.
 
The sin nature of man until he is born again requires that man be born again by God.  Many attend churches but few are actually born again by God.
 
The natural man cannot see the things of the Spirit of God, says Paul.
 
I Cor. 2:14   But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
 
If we look for justice and righteousness on this present earth we will likely end up being greatly disappointed.  For men have compromised away their integrity and have become like men in the days of Noah.
 

Gen. 6:5-8



5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.



6 And it repented the LORD that HE had made man on the earth, and it grieved HIM at HIS heart.



7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.



8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

 
The apostle Paul tells us the following:
 

2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

 
In the end, before Jesus returns, God will bring HIS wrath, the great tribulation, upon ungodly men of this world.  (Rev. 8, 9, 16)  Then God shakes the powers of heaven. (Mt. 24:29)  And then comes Jesus through the clouds and sends HIS angels to gather his elect and take them off this present earth and take them to the new Jerusalem wherein dwells righteousness.  (Mt. 24:30-32  and Rev. 21:1-5)
 
It is on the new earth, the new Jerusalem, wherein dwelleth righteousness that we so much want as the elect of God.  And this is where Jesus takes us in our new spiritual bodies.  (I Cor. 15:49-51)
 

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