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

And perdition

Revelation 17:8

General references

Psalm 114:4

Psalm 136:6

Proverbs 27:12

Bible References

The heavens

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.

Our God approaches and is not silent; consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages.

They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear.

Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.

Therefore you must wait patiently for me," says the Lord, "for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them -- all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger.

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

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!

With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more.

Against

-- if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,

I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town!

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

I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.

If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus is, so also are we in this world.

And perdition

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed!

and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation -- a sign which is from God.

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth -- all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world -- will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.

General references

The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

to the one who spread out the earth over the water, for his loyal love endures,

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.