Proverbs 14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
‘The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.’ This is the 10th prophecy in Proverbs (14:11) and is being fulfilled. The godly will live on earth forever (Gen. 9:12).
Genesis 9:12-16 expresses an eternal pledge between eternal parties of an eternal covenant. “For perpetual generations” reveals the length of the covenant, plainly promising eternal generations of natural people. If one keeps in mind that there will be two classes of eternal people, eternal conditions on earth will be simple to comprehend. [1] Natural people will live from the future tribulation period through the Millennium and then on into the New Earth forever – if they do not sin or rebel with satan at the end of the Millennium (Rev. 20:7-10; Matt. 13:39-50; 25:46). [2] Resurrected people who have part in the first resurrection will be the eternal rulers of the eternal generations of natural people (Rev. 20:4). The resurrected people will not marry or give in marriage (Matt. 22:30). Still, the natural people who are alive at the second coming and who are permitted to be subjects of the eternal kingdom will marry, have children, and carry out the natural program as God intended when He created Adam. They will live forever by virtue of the tree of life (Rev. 22:1-2), not by virtue of a resurrection and a change from mortality to immortality as with glorified saints (1Cor. 15:51-58; Php. 3:21).
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