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NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.

The heavens will disappear with a roar;

the elements will be destroyed by fire, and

the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

Since everything will be destroyed in this way,

what kind of people ought you to be? You ought

to live holy and godly lives as you look forward

to the day of God and speed its coming. That day

will bring about the destruction of the heavens by

fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in

keeping with His promise we are looking forward to

a new heaven and a new earth, … Continue Reading

NOW LISTEN

Now listen, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go

to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business

and make money. Why, you do not even know what will

happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that

appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you

ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this

or that.” As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil.

Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t

do it,sins.

Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the … Continue Reading

INFINITELY PRECIOUS

 

Born anew into an inheritance which is beyond the

reach of change and decay, imperishable, unsullied

and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

Who are being guarded by God’s power through your

faith till you fully inherit that final salvation that is

ready to be revealed for you in the last time.

You should be exceedingly glad on this account, though

now for a little while you may be distressed by trials and

suffer temptations,

So that the genuineness of your faith may be tested,

your faith which is infinitely more precious than the

perishable gold which is tested and purified by fire.

This proving of your faith is intended to redound … Continue Reading