2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

and stubble) and other production. Nothing in the physical creation will survive this
ultimate destruction.
RELEVANT OPINIONS
The coming of this day will be marked by an unexpected suddenness. Both Paul and Peter
use the metaphor of a thief. When a thief strikes under cover of darkness, he provides no
warning. Similarly, Christ will come unexpectedly. (S. Kistemaker) The past was a physical
regeneration. The future will be a chemical recreation. (A. Knoch) The Day of the Lord
comprises the Great Tribulation and the Millennium. This great conflagration occurs at the
latter’s end. The Millennium merging into eternity is the Day of God. (K. Wuest) The solar
system and the great galaxies, even space-time relationships, will be abolished … all
elements which make up the physical world will be dissolved by heat and utterly melt away.
It is a picture which in an astonishing degree corresponds to what might actually happen
according to modern theories of the physical universe. (M. Green) The destruction of the
earth described here is at the close of the Day of the Lord, rather than at the 2 nd coming, and
is properly located at the end of the millennium when all wickedness in the earth will be
judged in a final way. (J. Walvoord)
The day of the Lord, which begins at the rapture and includes in its introduction the
judgments preceding and immediately following the 2 nd coming, concludes with the end of
the millennium and with the final destruction of the present heaven and earth. The triumph of
sin in our modern world is temporary. The triumph of the righteousness of God is sure. (J.
Walvoord) The day of the Lord describes end-times events that begin after the Rapture and
culminate with the commencement of eternity … In the catastrophic conflagration at the end
of the Millennium, the heavens (the earth’s atmosphere and the starry sky, not God’s abode)
will disappear with a roar, which in some way will involve fire. (K. Gangel) I am convinced
that the Day of the Lord opens with the Tribulation, followed by the 1,000-year reign of
Christ, the brief rebellion led by Satan, and the judgment of the Great White Throne. Then,
as we find in the Book of Revelation, the new heavens and the new earth come into view. (J.
McGee)
2 Peter 3:10 Now (transitional; moreover), the day (Subj.
Nom.) of the Lord (Poss. Gen.; at the end of the millennium)
will come (h[kw, FAI3S, Predictive) as (comparative) a thief
(Ind. Nom.; taking you by surprise), in which (Loc. Time)
the heavens (Subj. Nom.; the entire universe) will be
dissolved (pare,rcomai, FMI3P, Predictive, Deponent) with a
loud, roaring noise (Adv. Manner; nuclear fission), and
(continuative) the elemental substances (Subj. Nom.; air,
water, earth, fire ; perhaps celestial bodies) will be
destroyed (lu,w, FPI3S, Predictive) by great consuming heat
(kauso,w, PPPtc.NNP, Dramatic, Means; melted by nuclear
fusion). In addition (adjunctive; also), the earth (Subj.
Nom.) and (connective) the works (Subj. Nom.) in it (Loc.
Sph.; human good and other production) will be judged
(eu`ri,skw, FPI3S, Predictive).