2 Peter 3:13 “Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.”
There will be a complete absence of sin in the new earth. In the above passage of scripture, the Holy Spirit through the apostle Peter teaches us that righteousness will dwell in the new heavens and the new earth. Currently, those who are righteous, i.e. the saints, dwell in this earth. But nevertheless, sin still dwells in this earth and not righteousness. And so, currently it is only those who reside in heaven, which experience an environment where righteousness dwells, but we, who dwell on the earth, have no idea what it is like to live in an environment, where there is the complete absence of sin. And so, as far as the earth is concerned, it is only when God creates a new earth, that righteousness will dwell there, and no sin will be present. Because even during our Lord’s millennial reign, sin will still be present on the earth, among the unbelievers being governed by the Lord Jesus and His saints.
Psalms 125:3 “For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity.”
As already mentioned, there will be the complete absence of sin in the new earth. You will recall that originally in the Garden of Eden, there was also the complete absence of sin. But that all changed, when Satan came into that garden, to tempt Adam and Eve. In the new age however, there will be no danger of mankind ever being tempted to sin. For in the above passage of scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us, that God will not allow the sceptre of wickedness to rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous reach out their hands to iniquity. In other words, there will nothing in God’s new creation, which will be able to tempt mankind to commit sin. For by that time, even Satan who is the tempter will have been cast into the lake of fire for all eternity.
Michael E.B. Maher
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