Verse 13
We look forward to the new heavens and earth, not the destruction of the present heavens and earth. The reason is that the new heavens and earth will be where righteousness dwells. Unrighteousness characterizes the present world (cf. Jeremiah 23:5-7; Jeremiah 33:16; Daniel 9:24; Revelation 21:1; Revelation 21:8; Revelation 21:27). "His promise" of new heavens and earth is in Isaiah 65:17; Isaiah 66:22; et al.
"Christians need to remember the ultimate, ’bottom-line,’ purpose of biblical eschatology: to make us better Christians here and now." [Note: Moo, p. 202.]
"The purpose of prophetic truth is not speculation but motivation . . ." [Note: Wiersbe, 2:466.]
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