But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat; and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.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.But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
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… had passed away is John saying that this present cosmos and earth are literally going to pass away to vanish I believe the answer is yes second Peter chapter 3 verse 10 says that the present heavens and earth are going to pass away one day with a roar and that the elements will be destroyed with intense heat. And for good reason. This present earth has been contaminated by thousands of years of humanity's sin. Well, in its place, God is going to create a brand new cosmos, a brand new heaven and earth. In this new heaven and on this new earth, God is going to place a wonderful new holy city for his people to live in called New Jerusalem. The word Jerusalem literally means city of peace. So this is a perfect name for this place, for it will be a city of perpetual peace, not like old Jerusalem. The Jerusalem that we're familiar with is the most fought over city in the history of the world. Well, this will be New Jerusalem. …
… I pre-marked it to read with you because these are related texts. This is 2 Peter chapter 3 and I'm beginning to read in verse 10. Peter says, but the day of the Lord, same phraseology, same idea, the day of wrath, the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, the elements will melt with fervent heat, both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conduct and godliness? If the material world is going to burn up and disintegrate and be no more, what kind of a person ought you to be? Certainly not a materialistic one. You got your eggs in the wrong basket. What manner of persons ought you to be, asks Peter. A better translation is what kind of other worldly person ought you to be? …
… not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But now notice verse 10, but the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night. Have you ever had a thief call you up and say, I'm coming tonight? You say, well, I don't think he's coming today. Well, that's a good sign that he might because Jesus said, in such an hour as you think not, the Son of Man cometh. The day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat. When Peter wrote this, people didn't know anything about nuclear fission. They said, that's ridiculous. Dirt burning, elements burning, air burning. It's not ridiculous today. The elements shall melt with fervent heat. The word fervent literally means fever heat, internal heat, nuclear combustion. The earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Now here's the question for all of us today. …