Instead of a message of consummate pessimism as interpreted by Bertrand Russell, therefore, the entropy principle really speaks of ultimate divine purpose in creation. There must be a great First Cause able to create a universe. God is omniscient and omnipotent, and certainly cannot fail in His purpose in creation. Just as the study of present processes cannot tell us anything about the past events of the creation period, neither can present processes give us any information about the future events of the deliverance period. The processes of the present are the only processes accessible to the scientific method, and they all operate within the framework of the Second Law.
Biblical revelation is required for information about both the first creation and the new creation.
There is much revealed in Scripture about the future of Planet Earth, but we first need to resolve what seems at first to be an apparent contradiction in these prophecies. That is, the Bible teaches both that the earth is to last forever and also that the earth is to be destroyed. As is always true with apparent conflicts in Scripture, however, the contradiction is only superficial. There is complete harmony when both Biblical and scientific considerations are more carefully analyzed. He built His sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which He hath established for ever.