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10 But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:10 Other manuscripts read will be burned up; one early manuscript reads will be found destroyed.

The New Jerusalem

21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone.

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35 Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

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15 “Look, I will come as unexpectedly as a thief! Blessed are all who are watching for me, who keep their clothing ready so they will not have to walk around naked and ashamed.”

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And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.

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For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.

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Look up to the skies above,
    and gaze down on the earth below.
For the skies will disappear like smoke,
    and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing.
The people of the earth will die like flies,
    but my salvation lasts forever.
    My righteous rule will never end!

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The Final Judgment

11 And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide.

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Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.

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12 looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames.

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39 “Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would not permit his house to be broken into.

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31 Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.

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42 “So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming. 43 Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would keep watch and not permit his house to be broken into.

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The heavens above will melt away
    and disappear like a rolled-up scroll.
The stars will fall from the sky
    like withered leaves from a grapevine,
    or shriveled figs from a fig tree.

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31 The sun will become dark,
    and the moon will turn blood red
    before that great and terrible[a] day of the Lord arrives.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:31 Greek version reads glorious.

26 They will perish, but you remain forever;
    they will wear out like old clothing.
You will change them like a garment
    and discard them.

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Then you must throw this man out and hand him over to Satan so that his sinful nature will be destroyed[a] and he himself[b] will be saved on the day the Lord[c] returns.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:5a Or so that his body will be destroyed; Greek reads for the destruction of the flesh.
  2. 5:5b Greek and the spirit.
  3. 5:5c Other manuscripts read the Lord Jesus; still others read our Lord Jesus Christ.

In his presence the mountains quake,
    and the hills melt away;
the earth trembles,
    and its people are destroyed.

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13 “The time will come,” says the Lord,
“when the grain and grapes will grow faster
    than they can be harvested.
Then the terraced vineyards on the hills of Israel
    will drip with sweet wine!

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The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
    touches the land and it melts,
    and all its people mourn.
The ground rises like the Nile River at floodtime,
    and then it sinks again.

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19 The earth has broken up.
    It has utterly collapsed;
    it is violently shaken.

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20 Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope,

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“Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the Lord arrives.

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The mountains melt beneath his feet
    and flow into the valleys
like wax in a fire,
    like water pouring down a hill.

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14 Thousands upon thousands are waiting in the valley of decision.
    There the day of the Lord will soon arrive.

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