As the human body experiences a biological aging process, the earth, too, grows old, like a garment, until it will one day be folded up, scrapped and replaced altogether by a new earth.

Weathering and erosion on the earth are evidence of an earth becoming dry, wrinkled, and timeworn. Mountains themselves eventually succumb to the hostile and destructive surface environment of the earth.

Like man, each rock has cracks and faults into which the elements of nature are prone to attack. Under enough pressure, all rocks will crack. Once they are broken down, they are susceptible to all forms of environmental influences. This object lesson in nature describes why Israel was to rely on God