A new earth is the final goal of all redemptive history. Man’s ultimate destiny centers in a regenerated earth (Matthew 5:5; 19:28). According to Paul, “The creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God” (Romans 8:21). Only then will Abraham’s hope be fulfilled and all his children, in Israel and the Church, live together throughout eternity as one family in one city. The apocalyptic realization of God’s inheritance and His