2 Peter 3:10

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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

Bible References

As a

Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

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

For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.

("Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!")

In the which

They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed.

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

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment,

Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on 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 the sea was no more.

The elements

waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!

General references

Fire goes before him and burns up his adversaries all around.

The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

"But concerning 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 master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.