I want you to put your thinking cap on for a minute, since we've gotten to understand one another better.
When this Earth disintegrates, and the new Earth in waiting for God to be put into physical place happens. Do you believe this coming earth is one of the generations of the heaven(s) and earth when it claims God created the earth and heaven in chapter 2?
I'll use actual Hebrew to broaden my question for your understanding.
To clarify:
It states generations in chapter 2:4
Hebrew
Bereishit - Genesis - Chapter 1
Bereishit (Genesis) 1:1
אבְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ:
English
1 In the beginning of God's creation of the heavens and the earth.
Hebrew
Bereishit - Genesis - Chapter 2
Bereishit (Genesis) 2:4
דאֵ֣לֶּה תֽוֹלְד֧וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ בְּהִ֣בָּֽרְאָ֑ם בְּי֗וֹם עֲשׂ֛וֹת יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶ֥רֶץ וְשָׁמָֽיִם:
English
4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, on the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.
God is nothing but time. He took the time to see how generations of earth/heavens was like before applying it to His actual work during Creation. As a machinist, you probably can see the ultimate engineer/designer in God!!
This is why I wonder if the New Earth is one of those generations. One reason specifically, it won't have water like this earth has always had.