The great tragedy is, that after the entire panorama of redemption, God get what He wants out of the deal! doesn’t Not all will repent. Time is our most inelastic (and thus, precious) resource. Teach us to number our nanoseconds (Ps 90:12). 10] But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. a thief in the A term from to the “...as night”: Paul’s Epistle Thessalonians (cf. 1 Thess 5:2-5). of the Lord”: [Cf. 1 Thess 4:13f with v.14)] “...day (“bring Him” a thief in the night” only to those who are in darkness: (1Th “As 4:18 introduces). I create a new heavens and new (Isa 65:17). “Behold earth.” the which”: The Day of the Lord closes at the end of the “...in Millennium when the destruction of the heavens and the earth (Rev 20:11; 21:1). great noise”: “...a rhoizēdon. It is the word used for the swish of an arrow, the rush of wings, the splash of water, the hiss of a serpent. stoicheia—basic building blocks. “...elements”: luo to untie, loose. “...melt”: 11] Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, ye to be”: So how then shall we live? Does the realities “...ought of all this impact our priorities? 12] Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat! for and hasting unto”: You can hasten the Day of God! “Looking
The great tragedy is, that after the entire panorama of redemption, God doesn’t get what He wants out of the deal! Not all will repent. Time is our most inelastic (and thus, precious) resource. Teach us to number our nanoseconds (Ps 90:12). 10] But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. “...as a thief in the night”: A term from Paul’s Epistle to the Thessalonians (cf. 1 Thess 5:2-5). “...day of the Lord”: [Cf. 1 Thess 4:13f (“bring with Him” v.14)] “As a thief in the night” only to those who are in darkness: (1Th 4:18 introduces). “Behold I create a new heavens and new earth.” (Isa 65:17). “...in the which”: The Day of the Lord closes at the end of the Millennium when the destruction of the heavens and the earth (Rev 20:11; 21:1). “...a great noise”: rhoizēdon. It is the word used for the swish of an arrow, the rush of wings, the splash of water, the hiss of a serpent. “...elements”: stoicheia—basic building blocks. “...melt”: luo to untie, loose. 11] Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, “...ought ye to be”: So how then shall we live? Does the realities of all this impact our priorities? 12] Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat! “Looking for and hasting unto”: You can hasten the Day of God!
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