In this post, I will summarize ten reasons I believe Peter’s day of the Lord passage deals with the end of the Mosaic age, not the end of history. Here is the passage: Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure…
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Book of 2 Peter
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Some readers have objected to the inmillennial interpretation of Peter’s day of the Lord passage (2 Pet 3:1–13). They’re responding to John Formsma’s posts (starting here) that show these verses describe God’s judgment of Israel—her land and her temple. That judgment would occur in Peter’s generation. As I showed in last…
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Some readers have objected to inmillennialism’s interpretation of Peter’s passage about the day of the Lord (2 Pet 3:10–13). I plan to address some of their concerns in future posts. Here, I will support John Formsma’s posts regarding this passage—they begin here—by presenting John Owen’s views on it. The two…
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The New Heavens and Earth — Part 4
by John Formsmaby John FormsmaIn three previous posts (here, here, and here), I showed that Peter did not predict the end of the physical creation in 2 Peter 3:10–13. My Supplement to these posts provides clues that he was describing God’s final judgment upon the Jewish nation. Peter’s prophecies included things after the judgment,…
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The New Heavens and Earth — Part 3
by John Formsmaby John FormsmaIn my last post (here), I listed four points that show Peter was not speaking of the literal heavens passing away in 2 Peter 3:10–13. I discussed the first point and will now look at the other three. 2. Peter specifically linked the judgment of the scoffers, the day of…
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The New Heavens and Earth — Part 2
by John Formsmaby John FormsmaThe points I made in my last post (here) are enough to establish the legitimacy of interpreting particular biblical language in a non-literal way. However, I need to prove it is legitimate to do so regarding the new heavens and earth of 2 Peter by making the following points: Peter had…
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The New Heavens and Earth — Part 1
by John Formsmaby John FormsmaMuch confusion exists regarding the Day of the Lord and the New Heavens and Earth of 2 Peter 3. The Apostle Peter did not write confusing statements, but we have obscured his meaning. If Peter heard your views about this passage, would he agree with them? Or would he scoff?…