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2 Peter 3:3-14 (MSG)

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³ First off, you need to know that in the last days, mockers are going to have a heyday. Reducing everything to the level of their puny feelings, ⁴ they'll mock, "So what's happened to the promise of his Coming? Our ancestors are dead and buried, and everything's going on just as it has from the first day of creation. Nothing's changed." ⁵ They conveniently forget that long ago all the galaxies and this very planet were brought into existence out of watery chaos by God's word. ⁶ Then God's word brought the chaos back in a flood that destroyed the world. ⁷ The current galaxies and earth are fuel for the final fire. God is poised, ready to speak his word again, ready to give the signal for the judgment and destruction of the desecrating skeptics. ⁸ Don't overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. ⁹ God isn't late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn't want anyone lost. He's giving everyone space and time to change. ¹⁰ But when the Day of God's Judgment does come, it will be unannounced, like a thief. The sky will collapse with a thunderous bang, everything disintegrating in a huge conflagration, earth and all its works exposed to the scrutiny of Judgment. ¹¹ Since everything here today might well be gone tomorrow, do you see how essential it is to live a holy life? ¹² Daily expect the Day of God, eager for its arrival. The galaxies will burn up and the elements melt down that day-- ¹³ but we'll hardly notice. We'll be looking the other way, ready for the promised new heavens and the promised new earth, all landscaped with righteousness. ¹⁴ So, my dear friends, since this is what you have to look forward to, do your very best to be found living at your best, in purity and peace.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 8) Love - Lord is patient and wants no one to perish
(v. 8) Patience / Perseverance / Standing Firm - God is patient - does not want anyone to perish
(v. 9) Love - Lord is patient and wants no one to perish
(v. 9) Patience / Perseverance / Standing Firm - God is patient - does not want anyone to perish
(v. 9) Promises - The Lord is not slow in keeping his promises
(v. 14) Holy / Holiness / Worldliness - Make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him
(v. 14) Eagerness / Diligence / Seeking / Readiness - Make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 10) Will the earth be destroyed or not?

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 3) Day 29 - Jesus is Coming Soon (2012-01-01)
(v. 4) Day 29 - Jesus is Coming Soon (2012-01-01)
(v. 5) Day 29 - Jesus is Coming Soon (2012-01-01)
(v. 6) Day 29 - Jesus is Coming Soon (2012-01-01)
(v. 6) Desire's Journey - Great Restoration (part 4) (2010-07-03)
(v. 7) Day 29 - Jesus is Coming Soon (2012-01-01)
(v. 8) Day 29 - Jesus is Coming Soon (2012-01-01)
(v. 9) Contagious Christian - Benefits (part 2) (2010-10-02)
(v. 9) Promises of God - Come to Repentance (2009-04-14)
(v. 9) Day 29 - Jesus is Coming Soon (2012-01-01)
(v. 10) Day 29 - Jesus is Coming Soon (2012-01-01)
(v. 10) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Heaven Can Wait (2008-05-20)
(v. 10) Contagious Christian - Benefits (part 3) (2010-10-03)
(v. 11) Contagious Christian - Benefits (part 3) (2010-10-03)
(v. 11) Day 29 - Jesus is Coming Soon (2012-01-01)
(v. 12) Desire's Journey - Great Restoration (part 4) (2010-07-03)
(v. 12) Day 29 - Jesus is Coming Soon (2012-01-01)
(v. 13) Day 29 - Jesus is Coming Soon (2012-01-01)
(v. 14) Day 29 - Jesus is Coming Soon (2012-01-01)