In the art world, famous paintings are sometimes restored by experts. The reason this happens is that their paintings fade and erode over time. Because of this, their original brilliance is not seen. What was once an amazing and beautiful painting becomes obscured by deterioration. The job of the restorer is to make the painting what it once was. It returns from a faded image to a clear and profound work of art. While all of us can see profound beauty in the earth, we would all admit that there are problems as well. We have beautiful oceans, but we also have tidal waves. We have glorious mountains, but we also have avalanches. We have snow, but people get frostbite. We have sun, but people get sunstroke. We have rain, but we have floods. Our planet is wonderful, but it is also broken. Scripture explains that this is because our planet is under a curse. It was not always this way, but since sin entered the world, all of creation has been impacted by this curse. But the great redemption that God has accomplished through Jesus not only restores human beings, but also the creation as a whole. What was once beautiful – and now faded – will be restored to its original beauty, and then made even greater! This final lesson will explore life everlasting, God’s promise of a New Earth. Allow yourself to take in the profound promises that God has made, and ask yourself how your perspective toward God – and the world – changes when you look forward to the life everlasting that He is bringing about.