2 Peter 3:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

The heavens

Against

And perdition

Revelation 17:8

General references

Psalm 114:4

Psalm 136:6

Proverbs 27:12

Bible References

The heavens

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief;

on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will burn and be dissolved, and the earth and the works on it will be disclosed.

Our God is coming; He will not be silent!
Devouring fire precedes Him,
and a storm rages around Him.

They will perish, but You will endure;
all of them will wear out like clothing.
You will change them like a garment,
and they will pass away.

Look up to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and its inhabitants will die like gnats.

But My salvation will last forever,
and My righteousness will never be shattered.

Therefore, wait for Me—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
until the day I rise up for plunder.
For My decision is to gather nations,
to assemble kingdoms,
in order to pour out My indignation on them,
all My burning anger;
for the whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of My jealousy.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Then He will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his angels!

taking vengeance with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Then I saw a great white throne and One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea no longer existed.

Against

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,

I assure you: It will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless word they speak.

If any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, when you leave there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”

In this, love is perfected with us so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, for we are as He is in this world.

And perdition

But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed.

not being frightened in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of destruction for them, but of your deliverance—and this is from God.

Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up from the abyss and go to destruction. Those who live on the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast that was, and is not, and will be present again.

General references

The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills, like lambs.

He spread the land on the waters.
His love is eternal.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;
the inexperienced keep going and are punished.