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.
The elements
General references
Bible References
As a
Matthew 24:42
Watch therefore: because you do not know on what day your Lord cometh.
Luke 12:39
Know this, that if the landlord knew at what hour the thief cometh, he would not have permitted his house to be broken into.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
for you yourselves know well, that the day of the Lord is so coming like a thief in the night.
Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If you do not watch, I will come as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come upon you.
Revelation 16:15
Behold, I am coming as a thief; blessed is the one watching and keeping his garments, in order that he may not walk about naked, and they may see his shame.
In the which
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words can not pass away.
Mark 13:31
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Romans 8:20
For the creature has been subordinated to mortality, not willingly, but through Him who subordinated it;
Hebrews 1:11
These shall perish; but thou dost remain: truly all these shall wax old like a garment;
Revelation 20:11
And I saw a great white throne, and him sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Revelation 21:1
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth passed away; and the sea is no more.
The elements
2 Peter 3:12
looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements being scorched up are melted?
General references
Matthew 24:36
Concerning that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels of the heavens, except my Father only.
Mark 13:24
And in those days, after that desolation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light,
Luke 12:39
Know this, that if the landlord knew at what hour the thief cometh, he would not have permitted his house to be broken into.