Some modern religionists teach that this earth is to undergo a process of cleansing and renovation following the Final Judgment, and it will then serve as the eternal home of the redeemed. Their hope is, therefore, an earthly, rather than a heavenly, hope. The Bible sets forth but “one hope” (Ephesians 4:4; Titus 2:13-14), not two, and the one hope of Scripture is Heavenly. Jesus plainly declared, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away” (Matthew 25:35; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33). The “heaven” of this passage is the ethereal atmosphere which surrounds the earth, the same “heaven” of the birds and fowls of the air (Luke 13:19; Psalm 104:12; Jeremiah 4:25; Lamentations 4:19; etc.). Jesus continued, “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come” (Matthew 24:35-51). The apostle Peter gave a graphic description of the earth’s end and complete destruction by fire (2 Peter 3:7-10). He said that “the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” The Greek word for “burned up” is katakaid, meaning “to burn utterly, as the burning of chaff” (Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words). Will the earth ever rise again? Isaiah the prophet said, “No.” “The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard,