The Bible describes a coming new heaven and new earth where God dwells with His people, sorrow and death are no more, and believers enjoy perfect fellowship with God forever.
Rather than a vague, disembodied existence, the Bible describes a renewed, physical new earth — restored to conditions even better than the original creation — where God's people live in resurrected bodies, free from sickness, sorrow, and death. Revelation pictures God dwelling personally among His people, wiping away every tear, with no more pain or crying because the old order of things has fully passed away. This future is described as beyond human imagination in its goodness, offering real hope that present suffering is temporary and that a tangible, joyful, eternal life is still ahead.
The great controversy reveals God's character as Christ ministers as our High Priest in the heavenly sanctuary. The dead await the resurrection, Christ's return will be visible and personal, and prophecy calls believers to faithful mission rather than date-setting or fear.