Implying earth will be 6000 years and Jesus returns is imminent. I find this youtube channel 2028 end during covid 2020 pandemic. So is this correct? Peter implying the earth gonna be 6000 years young earth.? https://youtu.be/6YtG0etke28

I have been reading _about_ the Bible and saw this passage: > But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the > night, in which 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 burned up. (2 Peter 3:10) But I cannot find _when_ this is supposed to happen. I am assuming that this is referring to some kind of a war. Does the Bible say when this event will occur, or even hint at a period of time when it may occur? But something tells me that this may not be about war, or at least not about any of our own wars. *"But the day **of** the Lord..."* - that makes me think that this is referring to something like Judgement day?

F. B. Meyer (Frederick Brotherton) published a book named "Tried by fire: Expositions of the First Epistle of Peter". Did he publish expositions of the Second Epistle of Peter? If so, what's the name of the book?

2 Peter 2:4 (ESV): > For if **God did not spare angels when they sinned**, **but cast them into hell** and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; If the angels that sinned have been cast into hell and are awaiting judgment, how could there be any modern demon possessions and exorcisms? Does that mean that demons and fallen angels are different groups? How do believers in modern demon possessions and exorcisms interpret this verse? __________ UPDATE: Mirror question on BH.SE: [Is 2 Peter 2:4 talking about demons?](https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/q/70750/38524)

2 Peter 1:1 says > "Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who > through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have > received a faith as precious as ours" (Berean Study Bible) Similarly, Titus 2:13 says > "as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God > and Savior Jesus Christ." (Berean Study Bible) How do Biblical Unitarians respond to these passages?

It seems that a popular argument for Old Earth Creationists (OECs) is that 2 Peter 3:8 shows the Genesis days could be longer periods of time and not literal 24 hour days: > **2 Peter 3:8 ESV** But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. Super-duper bible scholars will add Psalm 90:4 to the mix: > **Psalm 90:4 ESV** For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. ...therefore, billions of years, day-age theory, etc. **How do OECs use 2 Peter 3:8 to support a "day-age" theory especially when faced against these popular counter arguments?*** == 1. The latter half of the verse says "...and a thousand years are as one day" somewhat negating the OEC's intent of the verse. 1. The verse isn't *meant* to be (and shouldn't be) taken and applied to various previous passages at will. Otherwise it would be equally valid to say that Jonah spent three thousand years in the belly of a fish, that Methuselah was 353,685,000 years old when he died (or 11 months old if you apply the latter portion of the verse), and that the Mosaic Law commanded Jews to work 6000 years and then rest for 1000 years. Using 2 Peter 3:8 to say that Genesis 1-3 days were longer but the other days were not is exegetically dishonest. 1. A complete exegesis of 2 Peter 3 shows that Peter was actually *condemning* those that would distort a historically accurate interpretation of Genesis: > **2 Peter 3:1-6 ESV** This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, knowing this first of all, that **scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires**. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and **the earth was formed out of water and through water** by the word of God, and that by means of these the **world that then existed was deluged with water and perished**. 1. A complete exegesis of 2 Peter 3 is that Peter was not trying to establish the time translation rules for God but was trying to warn his church(es) that the Lord will return and that it will be a time no one is expecting because human concepts of time have no bearing over God: > **2 Peter 3:7-10 ESV** 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 do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. **The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness**, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. **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. 1. A complete exegesis of Psalm 90:4 shows that David was simply pontificating on the hugeness and timelessness of God--not trying to apply new meaning to previous passages involving days. > **Psalm 90:1-6 ESV** Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man!” **For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday** when it is past, or as a watch in the night. You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning: in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers. --- ***NOTE*** - I am not discussing the validity of OEC but merely how 2 Peter 3:8 is used to support day-age theory especially in light of the counter-arguments shown above. - Of course not *every* OEC supporter uses 2 Peter 3:8 to give credence to their views, but this question is for those that do. - An ideal answer would be one that reasonably shows why 2 Peter 3:8 is a credible argument for OEC (addressing the popular counter points made above) **or** an answer that exhaustively shows why 2 Peter 3:8 cannot be a reasonable support.

As I understand, Full Preterism holds that **all** end time prophesies were fulfilled at the destruction of Jerusalem. 2 Peter chapter 3 appears to provide an end time prophesy wherein the heavens, down to an elemental level, will burn up and then be re-made: > The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 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. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 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**! But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. - 2 Peter 3:9-13 According to Full Preterism, in what way has this prophesy been fulfilled when Jerusalem was destroyed?

Does the Catholic Church teach that the type of love shared between all heavenly members is an affectionate brotherly love mentioned in the Bible, for example, in Romans 12:10 and 2 Peter 1:5-7? Below are the verses from Romans 12:10: > Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honour. (NRSV) > Love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honour. (RSV) > (τῇ φιλαδελφίᾳ εἰς ἀλλήλους φιλόστοργοι τῇ τιμῇ ἀλλήλους προηγούμενοι.) Below are the verses from 2 Peter 1:5-7 (emphasis added): > For this very reason make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and *brotherly affection with love.*

What are the promises referred to by Peter in 2 Peter 1:4 through which we can partake of the divine nature and escape the corruption that is in the world by lust? What are the views regarding this according to Reformed Theologians and those of the Keswick theology?

2 Peter 3:9 > The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand > slowness. Instead he is patient with **you**, not wanting anyone to > perish, but everyone to come to repentance From a similar question in Christianity SE > It's true that some Calvinists take a different approach and suggest > that "all" in 2 Peter 3:9 refers **only to Christians** So.... God speaks to the people whom He knows that they are **Jesus believers** :
*I am patient with you.
I don't want anyone from you to perish.
I want everyone from you to come to repentance.* My question is: How come God doesn't want Jesus believers to perish and God wants Jesus believers to come to repentance? Aren't Jesus believers already a repented people (because elected) then impossible to perish?

I noted from an earlier question that, according to Mormons, the "Sons of God" that married "daughters of men" in Genesis 6 were human males. Based on this I had wanted to ask about three New Testament passages that seem to refer to some wrong actions committed by spirit beings or angels. The passage at 1 Peter 3:19,20 seems to say that the action happened at the time of Noah: > 19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; 20 > Which sometime **were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God > waited in the days of Noah**, while the ark was a preparing, wherein > few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. The passage at 2 Peter 2:4,5 seems to say pretty much the same as above, but refers to the creatures as "angels" rather than "spirits": > 4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to > hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto > judgment; 5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth > person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the > world of the ungodly; And the passage in Jude 6 and 7 seems to relate their action to the fornication and "going after strange flesh" in Sodom and Gomorrah: > 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own > habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto > the judgment of the great day. 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the > cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to > fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an > example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Possibly related to above passages (but not part of this question) is this one in 1 Corinthians 6:3 : > Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that > pertain to this life? What wrongful action by spirit beings do these passages refer to?

2 Peter 3:16 > He writes the same way in all **his letters**, speaking in > them of these matters. **His letters** contain some things that are hard > to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do > the other **Scriptures**, to their own destruction. I mean, when Peter said "*his letters*" ---> Did Peter mean [his Scriptures] ? ---------- As I'm from a non-English speaking country, this is quite confusing for me. Because in our language words, a Scripture is a Bible - while a letter is not a Bible. And of course, in this modern time - no one will say "I'm writing a Bible" :). Illustration :
Suppose Peter is writing for his fellow Christians.
Someone phone him *"Hi Peter, what are you doing ?"*.
Peter answer "I'm writing a scripture".
What will be in the caller's mind ?
A. Peter is writing a Bible
B. Peter is writing a letter (not a Bible)
Thank you.

In Ecclesiastes 1:4, it is mentioned that the Earth will remain forever: > A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains > forever. But in 2 Peter 3:10, it is mentioned that the Earth will be burned up: > But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which > 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 burned up. According to the Catholic Church, will the earth remain or will it be burned up?

> Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. - 2 Peter 1:10 (ESV) This seems to suggest that we have some level of influence over whether we finally end up among the elect, and that idea is contradictory to the Calvinist teaching of Unconditional Election. So how do Calvinists interpret 2 Peter 1:10?

> But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be **false teachers** among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. ***-2 Peter 2:1*** My question is: **How can you tell if a teacher is a "false teacher"?** Please support your answer with Scripture.