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KW 2 Peter 3:12 Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, on account of which [day] heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and elements burning up are being melted. KJV 2 Peter 3:12 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? TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS As growing, maturing believers who are residing and functioning inside the divine system, we should be looking for the coming day of God (Imperatival Participle) with expectation and anticipation. The durative present means this expectation should be continuous, not just a one-time realization which we forget like the false teachers. The Greek word “speudo” actually means we should be cheering for its quick arrival. The sooner that day arrives, the sooner we will get our resurrection bodies and be ready to live in the new heavens and new earth after the millennium. The day of the Lord and the day of God overlap. The day of the Lord includes the judgment of human good and other production on the earth, while the day of God begins after that judgment and is focused on the destruction of the “old” universe we live in now. Since this destruction is by God, His methods may or may not resemble destructive forces we discovered in the 20 th century. During the day of God (and the last part of the day of the Lord), the heavens, being on fire, will be destroyed by a form of nuclear fission. The elements – known as air, water, earth, and fire – which are being consumed by heat, will be melted by a form of nuclear fusion. There are many differences between fission and fusion; the two most important distinctions are described in the Greek here. Just a coincidence? Maybe, maybe not. Fission is an explosion, fusion is an implosion. Fission creates a burning fire, fusion generates intense heat. I find it astounding, humanly speaking, that the Word of God which was written thousands of years ago gives us such an accurate description of the difference between fission and fusion. Observe how many centuries it took man to arrive at the point of scientific knowledge where we can actually create both scenarios that the omniscient God may have been describing so long ago. RELEVANT OPINIONS Because of the destruction of the present heaven and earth, the judgment of the great white throne apparently takes place in space. (J. Walvoord) We cannot hasten that day, which is fixed in the counsels of God, but we can be more eager and earnest in our looking for it. (E. Bullinger) The new creation of the heavens and the earth (Rev. 21:1; Isa. 65:17, 66:22) does not refer to a renovation of the old creation, but a new order. Peter tells us to look for the total destruction of the present order and the creation of a new heavens and a new earth. Similarly, the “old man” was crucified. He no longer exists, and we are a new man in Christ. (J. Dillow) For this reason, I do not personally believe that God will permit sinful men to engage in an earth-destroying atomic war. He will, I believe, overrule the ignorance and foolishness of men including well-meaning but unbelieving diplomats and politicians, so that
He alone will have the privilege of “pushing the button” and dissolving the elements to make way for a new heaven and a new earth. (W. Wiersbe) 2 Peter 3:12 Keep on looking for (prosdoka,w, PAPtc.AMP, Durative, Imperatival; continual expectation) and (continuative) urging on with anticipation (speu,dw, PAPtc.AMP, Durative, Imperatival; cheering, striving for) the coming (Adv. Acc.) of the day (Adv. Gen. Time) of God (Poss. Gen.), during which time (Acc. Time) the heavens (Subj. Nom.; earth’s atmosphere and rest of the universe: 1st and 2 nd heavens, not the 3rd heavens where God abides), being on fire (puro,w, PPPtc.NMP, Descriptive, Attributive; burning up), will be destroyed (lu,w, FPI3P, Predictive; nuclear fission), and (continuative) the elements (Subj. Nom.; air, water, earth, fire), being consumed by heat (kauso,w, PPPtc.NNP, Descriptive, Attributive), will be melted (th,kw, PPI3S, Futuristic; nuclear fusion). BGT 2 Peter 3:12 prosdokw/ntaj kai. speu,dontaj th.n parousi,an th/j tou/ qeou/ h`me,raj diV h]n ouvranoi. purou,menoi luqh,sontai kai. stoicei/a kausou,mena th,ketaiÅ VUL 2 Peter 3:12 expectantes et properantes in adventum Dei diei per quam caeli ardentes solventur et elementa ignis ardore tabescent LWB 2 Peter 3:13 Then [after the destruction of the old universe] we will be looking forward with great anticipation for the New Heavens and the New Earth [the Perfect Age] according to His promise, during which time righteousness [perfect capacity for happiness] will be permanently at home [no sin in out resurrection bodies]. KW 2 Peter 3:13 But heavens new in quality and an earth new in quality according to His promise we are looking for, in which righteousness is permanently at home. KJV 2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS After the destruction of the old universe as we know it, believers will be looking forward with great expectation (Futuristic Present tense) for the New Heavens and the New Earth (the Perfect Age) according to His promise. You didn’t think He was going to destroy everything and then leave it that way, did you? The heavens and earth that we live in today is contaminated by sin and judgment; the new heavens are earth will be completely free of sin and judgment. The new heavens and new earth will be qualitatively better than what we live in now because of the absence of sin and judgment. Not only that, but the righteousness that the false teachers are rejecting now in favor of depravity, will be permanently at home in the new heavens and new earth (Futuristic Present tense).
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2 Peter Benjamin W. Brodie April 20
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2 Peter 1:15 Indeed, I will also ma
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2 Peter 2:11 Whereas angels [in hea
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2 Peter 3:6 Through which the world
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among them a deliberate ignorance o
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necessary to see the Lord with our
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LWB 2 Peter 1:2 Grace to you and pr
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stress on knowledge. The more we re
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can really know Him ... Greater kno
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“world system” because Satan ha
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Because we are in union with Christ
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trembling endeavors by the side of
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TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Peter contin
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which whosoever lives is counted de
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doctrine in daily life, the more th
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He who is not adding to his knowled
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very moment that Christ is received
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VUL 2 Peter 1:12 propter quod incip
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eality” that Peter could choose b
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continual application (poie,w, PMIn
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(K. Gangel) He means the entire Wor
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as they were borne on by the Holy S
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keeping them from sin and error. (S
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[of true doctrine] destructive here
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possibilities of our becoming "lose
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A clear meaning of agorazo stands o
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Predictive, Deponent; make a quick
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infiltration of evil into the belie
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of their large numbers? (K. Gangel)
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This form of judgment was by “red
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that they are Christians ... Even a
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chose to live in Jordan’s fertile
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In my opinion, Peter returns to the
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