as you wait for the day of God and hasten its coming. , Because of that day, the heavens will be dissolved with fire and the elements will melt with heat.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; , on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will burn and be dissolved, and the earth and the works on it will be disclosed. ,
All the stars in the sky will dissolve. The sky will roll up like a scroll, and its stars will all wither as leaves wither on the vine, and foliage on the fig tree.
saying, ‘Where is his “coming” that he promised? Ever since our ancestors fell asleep, all things continue as they have been since the beginning of creation.’