2 Peter 3:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

As a

Revelation 16:15

In the which

The elements

2 Peter 3:12

General references

Matthew 24:36

Mark 13:24

Luke 12:39

Bible References

As a

"Watch, therefore, for you know not at what hour your Lord is coming.

But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief comes, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.

for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night:

Remember, therefore, how you have received and heard, and be watchful and repent. If, therefore, you do not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you shall not know at what hour I will come upon you.

Behold, I come as a thief: blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, that he may not walk naked, and that men may not see his nakedness.

In the which

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

For the creature was subject to frailty, (not by its own will, but for his sake who subjected it,)

They shall perish; but thou remainest: and they all shall grow old as a garment;

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and no place was found for them.

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away: and the sea was no more.

The elements

looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, because of which coming the heavens shall dis solve in fire, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat.

General references

But of that day and hour no one knows, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

But in those days, after that affliction, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light,

But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief comes, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.