The earth means the land.
Point of agreement; earth definately means land. Now what I don't know as it relates to the resurrection is what lands will be in existence and where those lands will be. Is the earth the 3rd rock from our sun or is it perhap a general reference to land that can exist anywhere throughout the universe?
The land is the on this earth In Psalm two Christ is promised the heathen and the ends of the land as His possession.
7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou
art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me, and I shall give
thee the heathen
for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth
for thy possession (Psa 2:7-8 KJV)
Peter and Paul both speak of a restored earth.
God made a promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that the land in which they dwelt He would give to them as an "everlasting" possession. He said He would give it to them and to their seed. Paul goes on to say that Seed is Christ. Neither Abraham, Isaac, nor Jacob ever received that land. Therefore for God's promise to come to fruition they "MUST" inherit it in the future.
According to Joshua 21:43-45, 1 Kings 4:20-21, and Nehemiah 9:7-8, the land promises were fulfilled thousands of years ago. Getting caught up on the word 'everlasting' appears to be a stubbling block that causes folks to look for a future fulfillment despite the scriptures saying that fulfillment is past.
Truth, the land promise was "not" fulfilled. Israel did get an inheritance in the land, however, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob never did. The land was specifically promised to these three men as an everlasting possession.
The Promise to Abraham,
14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
15 For all the land which thou seest,
to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
(Gen 13:14-15 KJV)
The promise to Isaac,
KJV
Genesis 26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven,
and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. (Gen 26:1-5 KJV)
The promise to Jacob,
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I
am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac:
the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. (Gen 28:12-14 KJV)
These are the only three men who were given this promise. It was to them and their seed. Paul addresses this "Seed" in Galatians.
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one,
And to thy seed, which is Christ. (Gal 3:16 KJV)
Stephen said in Acts that Abraham never received that land.
2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The
God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and
come into the land which I shall shew thee.
4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead,
he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
5 And
he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat
them evil four hundred years.
God promised this land to Abraham personally as an everlasting possession and Abraham has not received it yet. If you read that paper I linked it goes into great detail and uses a lot of Scripture to support what is said. The Scriptures over and over that man will live on the earth.
7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so
Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac
begat Jacob; and Jacob
begat the twelve patriarchs. (Act 7:2-8 KJV)
blessings