The Coming of the Son of Man

25 “And (A)there will be signs in sun and moon (B)and stars, and on the earth (C)distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves,

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25 “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.(A)

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10 (A)For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
    will not give their light;
(B)the sun will be dark at its rising,
    and the moon will not shed its light.

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10 The stars of heaven and their constellations
    will not show their light.(A)
The rising sun(B) will be darkened(C)
    and the moon will not give its light.(D)

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12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, (A)there was a great earthquake, and (B)the sun became black as (C)sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and (D)the stars of the sky fell to the earth (E)as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. 14 (F)The sky vanished (G)like a scroll that is being rolled up, and (H)every mountain and island was removed from its place.

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12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake.(A) The sun turned black(B) like sackcloth(C) made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth,(D) as figs drop from a fig tree(E) when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up,(F) and every mountain and island was removed from its place.(G)

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30 “And I will show (A)wonders in the heavens and (B)on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 31 (C)The sun shall be turned to darkness, (D)and the moon to blood, (E)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

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30 I will show wonders in the heavens(A)
    and on the earth,(B)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness(C)
    and the moon to blood
    before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.(D)

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The Time of the End

12 “At that time shall arise (A)Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And (B)there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, (C)everyone whose name shall be found written in the book.

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The End Times

12 “At that time Michael,(A) the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress(B) such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book(C)—will be delivered.(D)

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(A)When I blot you out, (B)I will cover the heavens
    and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
    and the moon shall not give its light.
All the bright lights of heaven
    will I make dark over you,
    and (C)put darkness on your land,
declares the Lord God.

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When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens
    and darken their stars;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
    and the moon will not give its light.(A)
All the shining lights in the heavens
    I will darken(B) over you;
    I will bring darkness over your land,(C)
declares the Sovereign Lord.

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10 But (A)the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then (B)the heavens will pass away with a roar, and (C)the heavenly bodies[a] will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.[b]

11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, (D)what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 (E)waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and (F)the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:10 Or elements; also verse 12
  2. 2 Peter 3:10 Greek found; some manuscripts will be burned up

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.(A) The heavens will disappear with a roar;(B) the elements will be destroyed by fire,(C) and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.[a](D)

11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward(E) to the day of God and speed its coming.[b](F) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:10 Some manuscripts be burned up
  2. 2 Peter 3:12 Or as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come

23 (A)Then the moon will be confounded
    and the sun ashamed,
for (B)the Lord of hosts reigns
    on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders.

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23 The moon will be dismayed,
    the sun(A) ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign(B)
    on Mount Zion(C) and in Jerusalem,
    and before its elders—with great glory.(D)

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Judgment Before the Great White Throne

11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence (A)earth and sky fled away, and (B)no place was found for them.

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The Judgment of the Dead

11 Then I saw a great white throne(A) and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence,(B) and there was no place for them.

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15 I am the Lord your God,
    (A)who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
    the Lord of hosts is his name.

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15 For I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea(A) so that its waves roar(B)
    the Lord Almighty(C) is his name.

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13 Therefore (A)I will make the heavens tremble,
    and the earth will be shaken out of its place,
at the wrath of the Lord of hosts
    in the day of his fierce anger.
14 And like a hunted gazelle,
    or like sheep with none to gather them,
(B)each will turn to his own people,
    and each will flee to his own land.

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13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;(A)
    and the earth will shake(B) from its place
at the wrath(C) of the Lord Almighty,
    in the day of his burning anger.(D)

14 Like a hunted(E) gazelle,
    like sheep without a shepherd,(F)
they will all return to their own people,
    they will flee(G) to their native land.(H)

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19 And I will show wonders in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,
    blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;

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19 I will show wonders in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,(A)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.

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Therefore I said:
“Look away from me;
    (A)let me weep bitter tears;
do not labor to comfort me
    concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

(B)For the Lord God of hosts has (C)a day
    of tumult and (D)trampling and (E)confusion
    in (F)the valley of vision,
a battering down of walls
    and a shouting to the mountains.

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Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep(A) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”(B)

The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day(C)
    of tumult and trampling(D) and terror(E)
    in the Valley of Vision,(F)
a day of battering down walls(G)
    and of crying out to the mountains.

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