Hi happy to finally have gotten to answer your question. In this passage the words Earth and Heaven have different spiritual meanings. The Earth literally means people and society that reside on the earth, 2 Chronicles 35:22 {TLB}, 2 Thessalonians 1:8. The word Heaven can also mean government for the ruling class over the people living on earth, Isaiah 32:1 {TLB}, Isaiah 9:6-7. When the Bible predicts that both of these situations will pass away it literally means the end of the of that lifestyle and their choices. What is another passage that tells us that the End of the World will come and what we are to expect? The entire chapter of Matthew 24 speaks in detail about that the End of the World, what it will be like and how it will happen. What additional information does the Bible have for us?
