EP. 251 The End of the World: What Comes Next?

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SHOW NOTES

What is going to happen at the end of life as we know it? When the end finally meets the end? There is no shortage of speculation about the end times—whether it’s through doomsday predictions in the media, apocalyptic movies, conspiracy theories on Reddit, or fear-driven headlines. But with all the noise, how can we separate truth from fiction?

Here at the Hope Rescue Podcast, we believe the Bible is the truest and most trustworthy source we have. God has spoken clearly about the end of this present world and the glorious beginning that will follow. In this episode, we’re exploring what Scripture reveals about the New Heaven and New Earth—the final and eternal state promised to all who are in Christ.

This isn’t science fiction or vague spiritual symbolism. The Bible describes real events, a real future, and a real hope that we can cling to. Let’s walk through three powerful biblical truths about what will happen when God brings history to its grand conclusion.

1. All Material Things Will Be Destroyed

Scripture is clear: this present world—both earth and the heavens will be completely destroyed. Peter describes this moment with sobering clarity.

2 Peter 3:11–13“Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.”

God will not simply renovate or repair the world—we’re talking about total destruction and total renewal. Everything temporary will be stripped away to make way for something eternal and pure.

2. The Kingdom of God Alone Will Remain

While everything visible and physical will be shaken and removed, God’s eternal Kingdom will endure forever. The writer of Hebrews calls us to live with reverent awe because we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken.

Hebrews 12:25–29 “See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, ‘Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.’ This phrase, ‘Yet once more,’ indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.”

3. All Pain, Death, and Sorrow Will Be Gone Forever

Perhaps the most comforting truth about the new heavens and new earth is this: God will dwell with His people, and everything broken will be made whole. No more suffering. No more loss. No more tears.

Revelation 21:1–4 “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.’”

The end of the world is not the end for those who know Christ—it’s the beginning of forever. The Bible doesn’t give us a vague hope or speculative theories. It gives us a clear promise: a new heaven, a new earth, and a new city where God wipes away every tear and righteousness reigns forever.