And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.But the heavens that exist now and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.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.but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
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Let's pray. Father, we thank you for this time. We believe that anytime we open the pages of your word that you are speaking to us. So we pray that you'd give us open ears, open hearts to hear what you're saying. Help us to focus on what you want us to walk away from tonight. So we give you this time. We pray that it honors you in Jesus' name. Amen. Like I said, I worked in the corporate world for a while before I became a pastor. And I remember one time, the last team that I worked on, one of my associates, he made a mistake. His name was Mike. Mike made a mistake, which, okay, that's fine. No biggie. But it was a big enough mistake that I needed to at least talk to him about it. So I go up and I was like, hey, Mike, do you see what happened? Do you see the email I sent you? He's like, yeah. So you made this mistake. …
You say, well, it's been 2,000 years since Jesus went away. There's only been two days in the eyes of God. Only two days. A thousand years is a day. Now listen to me. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, but is long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. Why has this world not yet suffered a baptism of fire and judgment? Because God's waiting for somebody in this building to be saved. God wants you saved. The Lord doesn't want you to perish. Did you know why Methuselah lived to be 969 years? Because God said when Methuselah dies, the flood will come. I can show you from the Word of God that the flood came exactly the day that Methuselah died. And the reason that Methuselah died was not that he had good genes, but that God had great mercy. God kept letting him live. God kept letting him live because God did not want anybody to die and perish in that flood. …
Those things which will immediately follow the day of judgment. 1. After the sentence shall have been pronounced, and the saints shall have ascended with Christ into glory, this world will be dissolved by fire: the conflagration will immediately succeed the judgment. When an end shall have been put to the present state of mankind, this world, which was the place of their habitation during that state, will be destroyed, there being no further use for it. This earth which had been the stage upon which so many scenes had been acted, upon which there had been so many great and famous kingdoms and large cities; where there had been so many wars, so much trade and business carried on for so many ages; shall then be destroyed. These continents, these islands, these seas and rivers, these mountains and valleys, shall be seen no more at all: all shall be destroyed by devouring flames. This we are plainly taught in the word of God. 2 Pet. iii. 7. “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.” 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 burnt up.” , wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat.” …