"When Isaiah said the earth should 'fall and not rise
again,' the interpretation is that it should not be restored to the
same mortal or temporal condition. When the earth passes away and is
dissolved it will pass through a similar condition which the human body
does in death, but like the human body so shall the earth itself be
restored in the resurrection and become a celestial body, through the
mercy and mission of Jesus Christ. This reference to a new heaven and
earth, spoken of in Section 29:22-23, and 77:1-2, is not the same as
that spoken of by Isaiah in chapter 65:17. The 'new heavens and new
earth' referred to in this scripture, and also in Section 101:23-31,
had reference to the change which shall come to the earth and all upon
it, at the beginning of the Millennial reign, as we declare in the
tenth article of the Articles of Faith. This is the renewed earth when
it shall receive its paradisiacal glory, or be restored as it was
before the fall of man. (See Compendium, art, 'Millennial Reign,' p.
202.)"