Title: New Heavens and New Earth 

Subject: The Futures of Physical and Spiritual Israel
Summary: John Ritenbaugh marvels about the scope of God's mind, His patience and meticulous planning, having taken place before the foundation of the world, perhaps more than 10 billion years ago (allowing for mankind's limited tenure of nearly 6,000 years.) God never does anything haphazardly. Together, God the Father and Jesus Christ have been planning for the fulfillment of what we are observing in the Last Great Day- the ultimate increase in the God family of perhaps 40 to 50 billions of individuals. As God showed meticulous awareness of David in Psalm 139, He also is aware of all of His called out children as is illustrated in Hebrews 4:11-13, destining them to be kings and priests in the millennium, co-heirs with Christ, in the first resurrection as the First Fruits. Following the disastrous, stressful time of Jacob's trouble, at which time Israel will have gone into captivity, God will re-gather a remnant of the outcasts (from captivity all over the earth) in the latter days, breaking their oppressive yoke, bringing them to repentance and rest, returning them to the land of their fathers in Jerusalem where the law will go out from Zion. Israel, by yielding to God's Law, will finally become a sterling example to the world. The entire millennium will be spent preparing for the resurrection of over 40 billion people, at which time God will give ample time to warrant fair and accurate judgment. As the family matures, God will discard this old world, replacing it with a more glorious, permanent inheritance--a new heaven and earth!

Keywords: Assyria, Captivity, Cush, Disease problems, Disunity problems, Ephraim, First fruits, First resurrection, Foundation of the world, God's family, God's meticulous planning, God's plan, God's reality, Gog and Maggog, High priest, Husband, Inheriting all of creation, Inheriting the earth, Jacob's trouble, King David, Lake of fire, Latter Days, Marriage relationship, One hundred forty four thousand, Outcasts of Israel, Remnant of His people, Remnant of Israel, Rest of God, Savior, Scattering, Second Resurrection, 144,000