Abstract
In the original earth as it was created and in the new earth, was there and will there be no decay and no death of animals or plants? Do all living things live forever in a perfect world? To attempt to answer this question may seem arrogant or presumptuous, and in fact it would be, since we haven't been there and we have been given very little information on the subject. Thus my goal will not be to answer the question, but to clarify the issues so we will be less likely to settle for superficial answers. The discussion will cite the biblical and E.G. White accounts of the original creation and the recreated new earth, as commonly understood, and will evaluate what those accounts say and do not say and whether our common ideas about paradise are actually supported by these sources.