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What the new earth might look like based on what Revelation and Genesis tell us

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JEFF TURNER

Revelation 21 paints a picture of a new heaven and a new earth that is quite different from anything most people imagine when they think about eternity, and one of the most striking details is that there will be no sea. The earth as we know it today is mostly water, a reality that many Bible scholars connect to the catastrophic flood described in Genesis, when rain fell for months and the fountains of the deep burst open. The world that came out of that event is the one we live in now, shaped by those waters.

Before the flood, the earth would have looked quite different, and the new earth may echo something of that earlier world, perhaps something like the Garden of Eden but even greater in beauty and wonder. Eden had rivers, and Revelation also speaks of a river in the new creation, so there is continuity there even without the vast oceans. Beyond these details, scripture does not give a full description of what the new earth will look like. What is clear is that it will be a place of genuine creation, beauty, and life, not an abstract spiritual state, but a real place where God’s people will dwell.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea.

Revelation 21:1

What the New Earth Might Be Like

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JEFF TURNER

Some people imagine heaven as a place filled with clouds, harps, and endless singing. However, the Bible gives a different picture. In Revelation 21, it describes a “new heaven and a new earth,” and this new earth shares some similarities with the one we live on now.

One key difference is that the new earth will not have seas. Currently, water covers about 75 percent of the planet. The future earth will be different. Nothing in the description mentions a water-based world. This apparent change could reflect a return to how the earth was before the flood described in Genesis. That flood reshaped the world through rain and underground waters, forming oceans and continents as we know them today.

The new earth might resemble the Garden of Eden, a place of beauty, rivers, and balance. Although we can’t know all the details, it’s likely the new earth will be full of life and peace, free from the destruction of past disasters.

and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”

Revelation 21:4