Thomas Aquinas, on Isa 66:22

“For as the new heavens, and the new earth, which I will make to stand before me, saith the Lord: so shall your seed stand, and your name.”

“Second, as to the preservation of their seed: for as the new heavens, as above, so shall your seed stand (Isa 65:17), forever: if these ordinances shall fail before me, says the Lord: then also the seed of Israel shall fail (Jer 31:36); or the saints will stand eternally renewed as heaven and earth.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.