The world and sky will end,\par but you will live forever!\par They will wear out like clothes.\par And, like clothes, you will change them.\par They will all be changed.\par
2 Peter 3:7 - Easy To Read Version And that same word \{of God\} is keeping the skies and the earth that we have now. The skies and the earth are being kept to be destroyed by fire. The skies and the earth are kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of all people who are against God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been stored up (reserved) for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly people. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible But by the same word, heaven and earth are now held in reserve for fire, kept for the Judgment Day and destruction of ungodly people. Catholic Public Domain Version But the heavens and the earth that exist now were restored by the same Word, being reserved unto fire on the day of judgment, and unto the perdition of impious men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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 the ungodly men. |
The world and sky will end,\par but you will live forever!\par They will wear out like clothes.\par And, like clothes, you will change them.\par They will all be changed.\par
Our God is coming,\par and he will not keep quiet.\par Fire burns in front of him.\par There is a great storm around him.\par
Look up to the heavens!\par Look around you at the earth below!\par The skies will disappear\par like clouds of smoke.\par The earth will become\par like worthless old clothes.\par The people on earth will die,\par but my Salvation will continue forever.\par My goodness will never end.\par
Look, the Lord is coming with fire. The Lord’s armies are coming with clouds of dust. The Lord will punish those people with his anger. The Lord will use flames of fire to punish those people while he is angry.
“As I was looking,\par thrones were put in their places.\par And the Ancient King {\cf2\super [76]} \par sat on his throne.\par His clothes were very white;\par They were white like snow.\par The hair on his head was white;\par it was white like wool.\par His throne was made from fire.\par And the wheels of his throne were made from flames.\par
The Lord said, “So just wait! Wait for me to stand and judge you. I have the right to bring people from many nations and use them to punish you. I will use those people to show my anger against you. I will use them to show how upset I am—and the whole country will be destroyed!
“That time of judgment is coming. It will be like a hot furnace. All those proud people will be punished. All those evil people will burn like straw. At that time, they will be like a bush burning in the fire—and there will not be a branch or root left.” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.
I tell you the truth. On the judgment day it will be worse for that town than for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah. {\cf2\super [127]}
But I tell you, on the day of judgment it will be worse for you than for Tyre and Sidon.
But I tell you it will be worse for you in the day of judgment than for Sodom.”
And I tell you that people will have to explain about every careless thing they have said. This will happen on the day of judgment.
The whole world, earth and sky, will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed!
“Then the king will say to those bad people on his left, ‘Go away from me. God has already decided that you will be punished. Go into the fire that burns forever. That fire was prepared for the devil and his angels.
If any town refuses to accept you or refuses to listen to you, then leave that town. Shake their dust off your feet. {\cf2\super [65]} This will be a warning to them.”
There is a judge for the person that refuses to believe in me and does not accept what I say. The message I have taught will judge that person on the last day.
But you people are hard and stubborn. You refuse to change. So you are making your own punishment greater and greater. You will get that punishment on the day when God will show his anger. On that day people will see God’s right judgments.
But the work that each person does will be clearly seen, because the Day {\cf2\super [18]} will make it plain. That Day will appear with fire, and the fire will test every man’s work.
And you will not be afraid of those people who are against you. All of these things are proof from God that you are being saved and that your enemies will be lost.
Don’t let any person fool you in any way. \{That day of the Lord will not come\} until the turning away \{from God\} happens. And \{that day will not come\} until the Man of Evil appears (comes). That Man of Evil belongs to hell. {\cf2\super [4]}
People who want to become rich bring temptations to themselves. They are caught in a trap. They begin to want many foolish things that will hurt them. Those things ruin and destroy people.
\{Yes, God did all these things.\} So the Lord \{God\} will always save the people who serve him. He will save them when troubles come. And the Lord will hold evil people and punish them while waiting for the day of judgment.
But the Day when the Lord comes again will be a surprise like a thief. The sky will disappear with a loud noise. All the things in the sky will be destroyed with fire. And the earth and everything in it will be burned. {\cf2\super [13]}
You should wait for the Day of God. You should want very much for that Day to come. When that Day comes, the sky will be destroyed with fire, and everything in the sky will melt with heat.
If God’s love is made perfect in us, then we can be without fear on the day when God judges us. We will be without fear, because in this world we are like him (Christ or God).
The animal that was once \{alive\} but is not \{alive\} now is an eighth ruler. This eighth ruler also belongs to the first seven rulers. And he will go away to be destroyed.
The animal that you saw was once \{alive\}. But that animal is not \{alive\} now. But that animal will \{be alive and\} come up out of the bottomless pit and go away to be destroyed. The people that live on the earth will be amazed when they see the animal. They will be amazed because he was once \{alive\}, is not \{alive\} now, but will come again. These are the people whose names have never been written in the book of life since the beginning of the world.
Then I saw a large white throne. I saw the One who was sitting on the throne. Earth and sky ran away from him and disappeared.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had disappeared. Now there was no sea.