“You laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of Your hands. They shall perish, but You shalt endure; Yes, all of them shall wax old, like a garment; as a vesture shall You change them, and they shall be changed. But You are the same, and Your years will have no end.” (vv. 25-26)
In the light of just finishing the book of Revelation, this psalm has interesting timing. Especially in how the psalmist speaks of the heavens and the earth. God laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of His hands, but they are going to perish the psalmist says.
Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My word, shall never pass away" (Matthew 24:35). Peter also described how both the heavens and the earth are going to pass away, how the elements will be dissolved and melt with a fervent heat, bringing forth the new heaven and a new earth (2 Peter 3:10). And of-course, John recorded this very same fact in Revelation 21:5, "the new heaven and the new earth are where righteousness will dwell.”
Now here in Psalm 102 David tells us, "like a man changes his coat, God is going to change the earth, and the heavens, and they shall be changed." But, in contrast to the universe, which is waxing old, which is winding down, God is eternal. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. His years have no beginning and no end. He is the great “I AM” (Exodus 3:14), “Yahweh,” meaning “I Am the One Who Is” and there is no other (Acts 4:12). God, eternal in the heavens, will make all things new. Hallelujah!
The Truth: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1a)
