Will the righteous be taken to heaven and then returned to earth after the wicked are destroyed?

Question

Psalms 37 9-10 & 29 says: "For evildoers themselves will be cut off,
But those hoping in Jehovah are the ones that will possess the earth.
10 And just a little while longer, and the wicked one will be no more;
And you will certainly give attention to his place, and he will not be.
11 But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth,
And they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.
29The righteous themselves will possess the earth,
And they will reside forever upon it."

It seems kind of strange that God would let people go to heaven and then return them to human life. But if the righteous are to dwell on the earth how do they get here? And who are they?

Answer 1

Prov. 2:21, RS: “The upright will inhabit the land [“dwell on earth,” NE], and men of integrity will remain in it.”

Notice that the scripture does not say that such upright people will return to the earth but that they will remain there.

The battle of Armageddon is righteous and in harmony with Jehovah’s attributes of justice, power, wisdom and love. It is just because it is selective in its destruction. It kills those deserving to die. It does not slaughter those of good will seeking to serve Jehovah.

This battle displays Jehovah’s power, and it will be exerted to the extent necessary to accomplish the destruction determined. It is wholly adequate. There is no other power great enough to counter it. Armageddon is an evidence of Jehovah’s wisdom, for only by sweeping the troublemakers and peace-disturbers from the earth can permanent peace be established. And it shows love for those who want to serve God and Christ and to dwell peacefully with their fellow man.

Jehovah will protect and deliver those on his side, even as he protected and delivered Noah, Lot and other faithful servants in times past. To be among that comparatively small number of happy persons you must obey God’s command: “Get out of her [modern Babylon, Satan’s organization], my people, if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.” You must ‘do justly, love kindness and walk humbly with your God,’ seeking Jehovah, meekness and righteousness.—Rev. 18:4; Mic. 6:8

Rev. 7:9, 10, 14, RS: “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb!’ . . . ‘These are they who have come out of the great tribulation.’”

To “come out” of something a person must go into it or be in it. So this great multitude must be persons who actually experience the great tribulation and come out of it as survivors.

Answer 2

I'm sorry you haven't gotten better answers than you have. I'm curious how they are going to twist scripture.

In the ministry I've been told this very thing.

That after the 1000 years God is going to return people back to the earth.

So much for an eternity in heaven.

I enjoyed the one answer that said the bible only holds out eternal life in heaven, and yet you quoted some of the most beautiful scriptures in the bible.

I'll keep checking back to see if you get any 'real' answers to your question.

Another favorite is

Prov 2:21 For the upright are the ones that will reside in the earth, and the blameless are the ones that will be left over in it. 22 As regards the wicked, they will be cut off from the very earth; and as for the treacherous, they will be torn away from it.

Answer 3

That Psalm is speaking of the return of the people of God after the Babylonian Captivity (of 80 years). They returned under their captor, King Cyrus, because God had written of him before he was even born.

In the New Testament, the children of God have a NEW Heaven and NEW earth on which they will dwell.

THIS IS THE PARADISE OF GOD.
Heb 12:26-27
At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens." 27 The words "once more" indicate the removing of what can be shaken-that is, created things-so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
(from New International Version)


2 Peter 3:6-7
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
(from New International Version)


2 Peter 3:10-13

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
(from New International Version)


Rev 21:1-2
21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
(from New International Version)

Answer 4

well rightchous is in the eye of the beholder some people think that by sheilding ourselves from certain things ant not being exposed to somethings will keep us from turning evil but in reality people are born that way you dont just become a bad person or you dont become a good person you can make changes in your life to make it look as though you are one or the other so saying that the wicked will be destroyed is wrong people wrote the bible in biast they said that certain things were wrong when we really dont know if they were or were not so no one really knows what is in the bible is right or wron all they really know is it was written by people who omitted items because they didnt like how they sounded in the story like judas so that whole thing about killing the wicked might be wrong

Answer 5

consistently shop on with the priority and merchandise of the passage you're analyzing to steer clear of confusion (for this reason financial ruin by employing financial ruin and verse by employing verse learn beats hopping around the bible). on the factor Revelation 21 transpires, the depraved have already been blotted out in the lake of hearth (God is the lake of hearth - Hebrew 12:29). The depraved will no longer exist at that factor.

Answer 6

I reccomend you not worry about that which you can not affect and begin living out the call of Christ. Care for one another. Feed, Clothe, comfort each other. Stand up against injustice. In short make life on Earth heavenly.

Answer 7

No not one person would be able to live or hide, eventually the world would burn up all the junk that we made and buried, no scrap what so ever would remain. Most of us would be in heaven, and then God would rebuild earth, to it's once perfectness:) isn't God is Great.

Answer 8

The Bible tells us that the Rightous will be taken to Heaven and the unrightous will be destroyed, but we will not come back to earth

we are all going to be judge from the Lambs Book of Life. and that those that stay in Heaven will be there for eternity. and the same for those that will go to Hell.
Read in Revolations it tells more. Hebrews is another good book

Answer 9

I don't care what the bible says. That will never happen.
If there's even a possibility of it, I'll make an underground bunker and hide there for a while.

Answer 10

I'll bet they are the Buddhists.

Love and blessings Don