I agree with all of the above, except I am of a different opinion regarding God's kingdom and the past world/present world idea.
I'm not JW, so this isn't something I learned from somebodies doctrine. It's how I understand it from the bible itself.
Jesus said His Kingdom was not of this world. I believe he was speaking of the system that was in place under the Law of Moses.
That world or age was coming to an end. That was why the need for a New Testament, a new beginning.
I don't blame the earth for the evil's of man. And if we put our hearts and mind to it, this earth could become the garden of eden.
We have the knowledge, the science, the capability to be good stewards and to make this earth prosperous for all.
But we don't have the will, because we've been taught that this one isn't worth saving.
And so we treat it with disrespect believing we will inherit another better one.
Think about that..
Would God entrust man another earth while at the same time watching us tear the one we have apart?
I believe it is our duty as good stewards to tend this earth the way God intended it.
Even if it means we have to weed it and pluck out the tares. Tread the sour grapes. And remove the very bad figs.
I believe at some point, Christians.. real ones.. will rise up and go out to the harvest and begin putting in the sickle and
ploughing new ground.
Maybe not in this generation. Maybe this is the last of the evil generation.
I don't believe in a man made global world order.
I do believe in a world where God's Kingdom rules from our hearts and manifests itself into the world around us.
Jesus Christ will rule and will be the head, and we are the body that brings it all together.
How this will come about?
You have to read Jeremiah Chapter 4, which tells how we will end up destroying all that is good. And how everything will become void and uninhabited. And then go to Genesis chapter 1, where we find that same void, but God is in the process of recreating it.
Then go to Revelation chapter 21 and watch how the earth was in the beginning when the glory of God did lighten it.
I'm not ready to give up hope. Without hope, we are all lost.
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I'm glad u you mentioned Jeremiah 4.
KJV Jeremiah 4:23-28
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
The are others which described the same event which brings the earth to such a terrible and frightening state...
KJV Jeremiah 25:30-33
30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
KJV Isaiah 24:19-23
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
KJV Revelation 6:12-14
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places....
And others which speak of a great earthquake and global destruction.... Wherein there are no survivors. When do you think this would take place?