Why would you say that, when those verses I quoted -- and surrounding context -- tie it all together reasonably and harmoniously?
Is it because I said it, as a JW?
Nope, it has nothing at all to do with your being a JW, further more, I didn't even know you were a JW's, So it had nothing to do with your being a JW's.
In Revelation 21:1, notice the first thing John said ( And I saw a new heaven and a new
earth ) Notice the next thing John said ( for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away )
In the nature of what John is saying, We know that John is not speaking about this present Earth that we live in. If John was, Why would John refer to this earth as the first earth, So we know that John was not referring to this earth age that we live in.
All because John said ( for the first heaven and the first earth ( passed away )
So we know that John is in no way speaking about this earth age, Seeing John said the first heaven and the first earth
( Passed away )
So seeing the first heaven and Earth pass away, So that leaves us with this earth age that we live in, as being the second heaven and Earth age.
So what was the first heaven and the first earth like ?
Well we have the dinosaurs bones as left overs from that first heaven and first earth.
And many other such things that are left overs from that first heaven and first earth age.
Many people have no understanding about the first earth age.
So the earth is going thru three stages.
The first stage of the earth, was when the dinosaurs were here on earth.
Then we come to the second stage of the earth, Which we live in.
And the third stage of the earth, is when Christ Jesus comes to renew the earth back to it's orginal form and establish his kingdom here on earth.
So what you have is, Three Stages that the earth will go thru.
1st stage of the earth -- Dinosaurs
2nd stage of the earth -- We humans live in.
3rd stage of the earth -- When Christ Jesus returns to Renew the earth and establish his kingdom here on earth.
So what you have is, The Three Earth ages. The Earth is now in the 2nd phase history of the earth.