The End of the World

The New Testament talks a good bit about the end of the world.  Note these passages: 


1Corinthians 15: "Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and authority and power.  For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.  The last enemy that will be destroyed is death."

1Thessalonians 5: For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.  For when they say, 'peace and safety!' then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman.  And they shall not escape.  But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.  You are all sons of light and sons of the day.  We are not of the night nor of darkness.  Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.  For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.  But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.  For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ..."

2Peter 3:  "But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.  The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.  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.  There fore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness..."

These verses point out that just as God created the earth, He will destroy it.  It will not be destroyed by man, not by excessive emissions, not by global warming or wars.  It will be destroyed by fire, brought on by the Lord.  His summary point is: "Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness..."  We don't know when He will do this.....but we know that He will.

Thanks for reading again.  Have a great week.