2 Peter 3:10

The day of the Lord will come unexpectedly like a thief, when the heavens pass away, the elements dissolve, and the earth and its works are laid bare. It matters because Christ's return and final judgment are certain and sudden.

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• Rev 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
• Matt 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
• 2 Pet 3:7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
• Rev 16:15“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
• Isa 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
• 1 Th 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
• 2 Pet 3:12as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.
• Mark 13:31Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
• Isa 34:4All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
• Rev 3:3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
• Ps 102:26They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
• Luke 12:39But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
• Nah 1:5The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.
• Matt 24:42–43Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
• Rev 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
• Joel 2:31The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
• Heb 1:11–12They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.
• Amos 9:5The Lord GOD of Hosts, He who touches the earth and it melts, and all its dwellers mourn—all the land rises like the Nile, then sinks like the river of Egypt—
• 1 Cor 5:5hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
• Isa 24:19The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.
• Ps 97:5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
• Mic 1:4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
• Joel 2:1Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
• Amos 9:13“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow.
• Joel 1:15Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• Isa 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—
• Joel 3:14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
• Ps 46:6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
• Mal 4:5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
• Rom 8:20For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
• Jude 1:6And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
• 2 Cor 1:14as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.

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