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 ye, therefore, because ye know not in what day your Lord is coming.

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

for ye yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief at night.

Remember, therefore, how you have received, and did hear; and keep it, and repent. If, therefore, you do not watch, I will come as a thief, and you shall not know at what hour I will come upon you.

"Behold, I come as a thief! Happy is he that is watching, and keeping his garments; that he walk not naked, and they see his shame."

In the which

The heaven and the earth will pass away, but My words shall not pass away.

The heaven and the earth will pass away; but My words will not pass away.

For the creation was made subject to vanity, not of choice, but by reason of Him Who subjected it, in hope

They shall perish, but Thou continuest; and they will all become old as does a garment;

And I saw a great white throne, and Him Who was sitting thereon, 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 first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea is no more.

The elements

looking for, and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens, being on fire, will be dissolved; and the elements, being intensely hot, shall melt!

General references

But concerning that day and hour, no one knows, not even the angels of Heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.

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

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