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 do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

But know this, that if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

Remember therefore what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. But if you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.

("Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed.")

In the which

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

For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of him who subjected it in hope;

they will perish, but you remain; they will all grow old like a garment,

Then I saw a great white throne and him who sat upon it; from his presence earth and sky fled away, 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 there was no longer any sea.

The elements

looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by fire, and the elements will melt with intense heat!

General references

"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.

"But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

But know this, that if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.