This affirmation of faith familiar to many in mainline Churches reflects established theological thinking on this world’s future.
One particular conflict that can occur between traditional church teaching and some contemporary bible prophecy commentators can be highlighted by the end of the world is nigh syndrome. Some Christians have the mistaken idea that the world as we know it will cease to exist following the outpouring of God’s wrath during the Great Tribulation. These prophets of doom tend not to emphasize the constant, eternal LOVE of GOD, extending to all. Remembering that even during the coming time of tribulation there remains an opportunity for the unsaved to turn to God and receive salvation, as well as it being the time for all Israel to be saved. (Rom. 11 ).
This conflict occurs due to the mis-translation of the word aeon in the King James Version, of the Bible, which is incorrectly referred to as world, (planet earth), as opposed to age, (a time period). This is in the Gospel accounts (Matt. 24; Mark 13; Luke 21;), when the disciples are inquiring about the end of the world, the answers Jesus gives are related to the end of the age, as in period of time and not referring to the planetary body.This current age is the Church Age also referred to as the Age of Grace. The establishment of the Kingdom of God at the end of the tribulation period will last for 1000 years, (Revelation 20:4), following this period the Lord will create a new heaven and a new earth, bearing in mind that not only has this planet been defiled by man’s sin but heaven itself has been effected by the rebellion of Satan, with one-third of the angels. So it is only fitting that a pure creation regenerated by fire is prepared for eternity. Even though there will still be an earth, the new eternal earth will be beyond anything we can presently imagine.