God's Resolve to Create New Heavens and Earth

The biblical story begins with God pushing back waters so that dry land appears. This is where God placed man. God called it "Earth." Throughout the story, God continued to give this land as an inheritance for humankind. Sin brought a curse, not only on man, but on the land as well. The story ends-or is it a new beginning?-with new-born men and women dwelling on a cleansed or new earth.