In recent years, an increasing number of Christians have come to appreciate the biblical teaching that the believer's supreme and blessed hope is not an otherworldly heaven, but full participation in a new heaven and a new earth brought to fruition through the coming of God's kingdom. J. Richard Middleton deciphers key Old and New Testament texts to argue for the new earth as the proper Christian hope. He suggests its ethical and ecclesial implications, and explores the difference that a holistic eschatology can make for living in a broken world.
