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LESSON 3 * PART 3 * BOOK 55
2 Peter 2:9 – 3:18
All right, II Peter chapter 3 and we’ll just pick up where we left off in the last lesson, verse 5.
"For this they willingly are ignorant of, (not because they couldn’t help it, but they don’t want to know) that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6. Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:" In other words, it wasn’t a regional flood, it was universal. The water got ankle deep and a few people woke up and realized Old Noah knew what he was talking about. It was not the rain that destroyed the population, but it’s in this verse right here. Genesis chapter 7 verse 11, and it was not just a gradual rising of rain water, this was a cataclysmic immediate destruction. All right, verse 11 of Genesis 7.
Genesis 7:11
I challenged people, "If you ever see a college textbook that gives a definitive account of Noah’s flood, show it to me." Because college textbooks will never admit a universal destroying flood such as Noah’s.
Well, the flood changed everything! The flood took that tranquil tropical original earth and just utterly destroyed it - just brought it down to total devastation under the pressure of all that water. And then as the waters receded, according to God’s Sovereign dictate, we had the planet appear as we now know it today. So coming back to II Peter chapter 3.
II Peter 3:7a
"But the heavens and the earth, which are now,…." Now, at Peter’s time, the earth is as it is now – the same rivers and the same mountains for the most part were on the scene in Peter’s day as we’ve got today.
II Peter 3:7b
"…by the same word (the Word of God) are kept in store,.…" Colossians 1:15
"Who (speaking of God the Son up there in verse 13) is the image (or the visible, physical appearance.) of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:" He was before anything was ever on the scene - God the Son was already there. He’s from eternity past.
Colossians 1:16
The created beings, those Roman Soldiers, were nailing their own Creator on the cross. Colossians 1:17
II Peter 3:7a
"But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store,.…" An utter judgment.
II Peter 3:7b
"…reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men." God’s judgment is going to fall again as it did back in the day of Noah; only, instead of with water, now it’s going to be destroyed with fire and energy. All right, verse 8.
II Peter 3:8
All right, verse 9.
II Peter 3:9
God is not willing that any should perish but it’s God’s will, it’s his desire that all should come to repentance. I always use John chapter 10, the door to the sheepfold, "I am the door. Across the river? II Peter 3:10a
II Peter 3:10
Is there anything God has created that old Satan hasn’t defiled? Satan has put his fingers of defilement on everything that God owns, including Heaven itself. Now then, verse 11. Peter is reminding us this is the case, this is the judgment of this universe that’s coming, and all the power of God will be exercised to bring it about:
II Peter 3:11a
All right, so:
II Peter 3:11b
II Peter 3:12a
"Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God,…." II Peter 3:12b
"…wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements (all of the matter of the universe) shall melt with fervent heat?" Now verse 13.
II Peter 3:13
"Nevertheless, we, (as believers) according to his promise, (Not according to the prophets now, but to the Word of God, we) look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness." Revelation 20:7
Revelation 20:8
Revelation 20:9
Revelation 20:10-12a
Revelation 20:12a
"And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; (and God in this case is Christ, the righteous Judge;) and the books (plural) were opened: (the record of everybody’s life on earth) and another book (singular) was opened, which is the book of life:…." Revelation 20:12b
It all depends on the unbeliever’s works while here on earth. Revelation 20:13-15
14. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. (that final separation from their Creator God)15. Revelation 21:1
"And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven (which I think envelops the whole universe) and the first earth were passed away; (they melted in fervent heat) and there was no more sea." Verse 2.
Revelation 21:2
"And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband." Eternity never ending - never changing. God is going to make it so perfect, so glorious that, no, we’re not going to get bored. Revelation 22:1
"And he shewed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb."

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