2 Peter 3:10
What is written? (ESV)
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.
What does it say?
The day of the Lord will come when nobody expects, and then the heavens and heavenly bodies will burn up with a roar, and all man’s deeds will be exposed.
What is its immediate context?
Peter’s letters have been of encouragement to the saints to remain strong during persecution and false prophets. God has not forgotten them or His promises (vs 8); the “day of the Lord” will come as a “thief in the night.” (vs 10)
How 2 Peter 3:10 is applied across Bible answers
How will heaven and earth pass away?
Peter describes the burning up and passing away of the heavens (and earth by implication of the "exposing" of it and its works) when Jesus returns.
Peter reiterates that they will all be "dissolved" not once but twice more in verses 11 and 12 to emphatically drive home his objective to encourage his reader as to "what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness" (vs 11). He adds that the heavens and earth to be dissolved by fire (vs 12) will be replaced with a "new heavens and a new earth in which [only] righteousness dwells." (vs 13)
What ‘all truth’ did the apostles receive (John 16:13)?
Peter doesn't have 'all truth' regarding the second coming of Christ; he can only repeat what Jesus had said about it before He ascended (Matthew 24:42-44).
What is the day of the Lord?
The day of the Lord will come like a thief,13 but will also involve an exposing of all deeds on earth (e.g. final judgment) and the heavens and heavenly bodies being destroyed with fire.
