No, it does not say "destroy" anywhere in the Scriptures. Melting the surface of the earth cannot destroy it; you have to evaporate it or turn it into plasma. Basic thermodynamics here. Ecclesiastes 1:4 plainly says that "the earth abides forever" (the Hebrew word "olam" does mean "forever"). Psalm 104:30 talks about God "renew(ing) the face of the earth"; the apostles regarded the Psalms as prophecy, and this actually refers back to Genesis 1:2 as well (the word "was" in that verse should have been translated "became", from Hebrew hayatah).
Look, I know that people like to pimp their blogs by making provocative statements, but the Bible says clearly that God will destroy the old heaven and earth and create a new heaven and earth
Oh I see now, you are nit-picking the word “destroy” - does it mean “melt” or does it mean instead “turn into plasma.”
So if you’re standing on the surface of the earth at the time God destroys the old earth, will you melt or turn into plasma. That’s the big question in your mind. Okay, got it.
Okay, Mr. Nit-Picker, I got a question for you- WHERE did I say that YOU were pimping a blog? Hmmmm?
Oh wait, you were just nit-picked! LOL
No, ultimately the entire physical universe will return from whence it came: the mouth of God.
The word plainly speaks of a “New Heaven and New Earth” coming down, not a revival of the limited physical Earth. The Earth is a temporal place, and has no place in a timeless existence.