But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
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.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and they who dwell in it will die in like manner; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will never be dismayed.
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!
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.
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
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.
I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.
By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.”
But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”
But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.
Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
“Therefore wait for me,” declares the Lord, “for the day when I rise up to seize the prey. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all my burning anger; for in the fire of my jealousy all the earth shall be consumed.
They will perish, but you will remain; they will all wear out like a garment. You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,
Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.
As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction.
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.
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