2 Peter 3:12
waiting for, and hurrying toward, the advent of the day of the Lord, by which the burning heavens shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt from the heat of the fire.
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Isaiah 2:1The word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
Isaiah 64:1I wish that you would rend the heavens, and then descend! The mountains would flow away before your face.
1 Corinthians 1:7In this way, nothing is lacking to you in any grace, as you await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Titus 2:13looking forward to the blessed hope and the advent of the glory of the great God and of our Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:10Then the day of the Lord shall arrive like a thief. On that day, the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and truly the elements shall be dissolved with heat; then the earth, and the works that are within it, shall be completely burned up.
Revelation 6:13And the stars from heaven fell upon the earth, just as when a fig tree, shaken by a great wind, drops its immature figs.
Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 3:12-18
Solemn Exhortations. ( a. d. 67.) 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent… Read the whole commentary →