New earth, so you're saying you know how to distinguish between literalism and symbolism and peasants like myself don't? I guess I should be mildly offended, but am not.
You know, I'm thinking the 40 billion mile diameter earth is symbolic, along with the ocean of milk and yogurt.
It's like, new earth, if you were to say you're actually a giant. You stand 20 feet tall, have all your clothes custom made, and your computer is custom made to be 4 times larger than a normal sized computer. You use fence posts as toothpicks and travel wherever you like in your own UFO.
But, everybody sees you as a normal human being of average height, weight, and dimensions who gets around in a 1970 Morris minor with peeling paint.
Just because you imagine you are a big man of gigantic proportions, doesn't mean you literally are. It's the same with mother earth. There are days when it may seem to be 40 billion miles in diameter, but in actuality it isn't.