“There Shall Be a New Heaven and a New Earth”
Elder Bruce R. McConkie taught: “This earth was created in a new or paradisiacal state; then, incident to Adam’s transgression, it fell to its present telestial state. At the Second Coming of our Lord, it will be renewed, regenerated, refreshed, transfigured, become again a new earth, a paradisiacal earth. Its millennial status will be a return to its pristine state of beauty and glory, the state that existed before the fall . . . . (Isaiah 65:17-25; Isaiah 66:22-24; Matthew 19:28; D&C 63:20-21; D&C 101:23-31.) This same designation applies also to the celestial heaven and earth that will prevail in the day when the Father and the Son make this planet their habitation . . . . (D&C 29:22-25; D&C 77:1; D&C 88:16-32; Revelation 21:10-27.)” (Doctrinal New Testament Commentary 3:580.)
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