Describing what lies ahead, the apostle Peter wrote: “There are new heavens [the heavenly Messianic Kingdom] and a new earth [a righteous human society] that we are awaiting according to [God’s] promise, and in these righteousness is to dwell. ” ​ — 2 Peter 3: 13.
लेकिन, इसके बिलकुल विपरीत, बाइबल की भविष्यवाणियाँ ‘ परमेश्‍वर के वचन ’ का भाग हैं जो “जीवित, और प्रबल ” है ।