David and Solomon said that our earth will remain forever. Isaiah taught that the reason the earth exists is for the purpose of human inhabitance. The implication seems to be that if the earth will remain forever, it will be inhabited forever. Jesus said, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” If the earth will remain forever, then what is God’s will for it? David says, “The righteous shall possess the earth and dwell upon it forever.” Jehovah’s Witnesses use the above argument as their proof that this earth will be the “new earth” – our eternal home. So, they say, all the saved will not go to Heaven, but instead, most will remain on this earth in its “new” form forever. This idea is not merely a footnote in their teachings, but this is one of their cardinal doctrines. If you have experienced difficulties talking about the will of God with a Jehovah’s Witness, it is because we do not share a common belief with them concerning the destiny of man and of earth. Many of their other religious doctrines are rooted in this belief about the future destiny of earth; so, we must meet this issue. In this essay we will discuss the destiny of the earth and its meaning to the righteous. David and Solomon did say that this earth would remain forever, but they were not speaking about an absolute eternity. The word “forever” that they used meant “an indefinite period of