Christ Brings Division^(A)

^49 (B)“I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! ⁵⁰ But ^(C)I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is ^(D)accomplished!

⁵ For this they willfully forget: that ^(A)by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth ^(B)standing out of water and in the water, ^6 (C)by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. ⁷ But ^(D)the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for ^(E)fire until the day of judgment and ^[a]perdition of ungodly men.

⁸ But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and ^(F)a thousand years as one day. ^9 (G)The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but ^(H)is longsuffering toward ^[b]us, ^(I)not willing that any should perish but ^(J)that all should come to repentance.

The Day of the Lord

¹⁰ But ^(K)the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which ^(L)the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be ^[c]burned up.

The Great Day of God

¹⁵ And the ^(A)kings of the earth, the great men, ^[a]the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, ^(B)hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, ^16 (C)and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who ^(D)sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! ¹⁷ For the great day of His wrath has come, ^(E)and who is able to stand?”

¹⁵ Now ^(A)out of His mouth goes a ^[a]sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And ^(B)He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. ^(C)He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

All Things Made New

21 Now ^(A)I saw a new heaven and a new earth, ^(B)for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.