2 Peter 3:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

The heavens

Against

1 John 4:17

And perdition

Revelation 17:8

Bible References

The heavens

The day of the Lord will come like a thief, when the heavens will vanish with crackling roar, the stars will be set ablaze and melt, the earth and all its works will disappear.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Then he will say to those on the left, 'Begone from me, you accursed ones, to the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

in flaming fire, to inflict punishment on those who ignore God, even on those who refuse obedience to the gospel of our Lord Jesus,

Then I saw a great white throne, and One who was seated thereon; from his presence earth and sky fled, no more to be found.

Then I saw the new heaven and the new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away; and the sea is no more.

Against

I tell you truly, on the day of judgment it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorra than for that town.

I tell you this, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

I tell you, men will have to account on the day of judgment for every light word they utter;

And if any place will not receive you and the people will not listen to you, shake off the very dust under your feet when you leave, as a warning to them."

Love is complete with us when we have absolute confidence about the day of judgment, since in this world we are living as He lives.

And perdition

In your stubbornness and impenitence of heart you are simply storing up anger for yourself on the Day of anger, when the just doom of God is revealed.

Never be scared for a second by your opponents; your fearlessness is a clear omen of ruin for them and of your own salvation ??at the hands of God.

Let nobody delude you into this belief, whatever he may say. It will not come till the Rebellion takes place first of all, with the revealing of the Lawless One, the doomed One,

Those who are eager to be rich get tempted and trapped in many senseless and pernicious propensities that drag men down to ruin and destruction.

The Beast you have seen was, is not, but is to rise from the abyss ??yet to perdition he shall go ??and the dwellers on earth will wonder (all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of Life), when they see that the Beast was, is not, but is coming.