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This earth will look completely different from the cursed land after Noah’s flood. Ezekiel says waters will flow.
The Prophet Zechariah declares that the land will be turned into a great plain and that living waters will flow out
of Jerusalem towards the sea. How do we know this prophecy relates to this earth? In Revelation 21:1, it states
there is no longer any sea in the New Heaven and New Earth that follows after the restored earth.

Zechariah 14:8-11 “And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the
eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter.

9 And the LORD will be king over all the earth; in that day the LORD will be the only one, and His
name the only one.
10 All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but Jerusalem
will rise and remain on its site from Benjamin’s Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the
Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses.
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11 People will live in it, and there will no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem will dwell in security.”

We know this is describing the Millennial Reign, since the waters flow to the east and west to the sea. There is
neither any sea, nor a temple in the New Heaven and New Earth. The book of Isaiah also mentions the
conditions during the Millennial Reign of Christ. Isaiah 11 and 65 mention and deal with Christ's reign. Even
nature itself will enjoy a newfound peace through the Prince of Peace, which is Christ. After the flood, God
placed the fear of man upon all animals, which is described in Genesis 9:2. For example, if you want to ride a
horse it has to be broken. During the Millennial Reign of Christ, this fear will be removed from animals. This is
mentioned in Isaiah.

Isaiah 11: 6-8 “And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the
young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little boy will lead
them.

7 Also the cow and the bear will graze,
Their young will lie down together,
And the lion will eat straw like the ox.
8 The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra,
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And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.”
Before the flood, the lifespan of the average human being was around nine hundred years. Likewise, it will be the
lifespan of those living saints who have come through the Great Tribulation and their children. These saints and
children are still mortal beings. Isaiah states that longevity will be restored. This, however, is apart from those
who chose to live under Christ's authority as bond-servants to serve Him on this earth and in heaven. They were
purchased by Christ with His precious blood for redemption, justification and sanctification. His purchased ones
are now in glorified bodies as immortal beings. This is the Bride in Christ as well as those who died in Christ
during the Great Tribulation. Therefore, there will be no fear of death for those in Christ during the Tribulation.

Isaiah 65:20 “No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who
does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred

And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred
Will be thought accursed.”
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183 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Zec 14:8–11). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

184 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Is 11:6–8). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

185 New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (Is 65:20). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.