2 Peter 3:6-10

The Day of the Lord Will Come

⁶ and that by means of these the world that then existed _p was deluged with water and _q perished. ⁷ But by the same word _r the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and _s destruction of the ungodly.

⁸ But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and _t a thousand years as one day. ⁹ _u The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise _v as some count slowness, but _w is patient toward you, _{1 x} not wishing that any should perish, but _y that all should reach repentance. ¹⁰ But _z the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then _a the heavens will pass away with a roar, and _b the heavenly bodies ₂ will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. ₃

1. Cross References
   2 Peter 2:5
   If he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 7:11
   In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened.
   Genesis 7:21
   And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Peter 3:10
   But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
   2 Peter 3:12
   Waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
   
4. Cross References
   2 Thessalonians 1:9
   They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might.
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 90:4
   For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.
   
6. Cross References
   Habakkuk 2:3
   For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end - it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
   Hebrews 10:37
   For, "Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay.
   
7. Cross References
   Ecclesiastes 8:11
   Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.
   Revelation 2:21
   I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
   
8. Cross References
   Isaiah 30:18
   Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
   Luke 18:7
   And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
   
9. Cross References
   Ezekiel 18:23
   Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?
   Ezekiel 18:32
   For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God ; so turn, and live.
   Ezekiel 33:11
   Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?
   
10. Cross References
    1 Timothy 2:4
    Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
    
11. Cross References
    Matthew 24:43
    But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
    
12. Cross References
    Revelation 6:14
    The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
    Revelation 20:11
    Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
    Revelation 21:1
    Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
    Matthew 24:35
    Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
    
13. Cross References
    Isaiah 34:4
    All the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll. All their host shall fall, as leaves fall from the vine, like leaves falling from the fig tree.
    Isaiah 24:19
    The earth is utterly broken, the earth is split apart, the earth is violently shaken.
    Micah 1:4
    And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.
    Nahum 1:5
    The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it.