2 Peter 3:13
Greek Text— 2 Peter 3:13But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
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for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.
All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his children begging for bread.
“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.
“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things will not be remembered, nor come into mind.
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.
Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.
“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me,” says Yahweh, “so your offspring and your name shall remain.
He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
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 be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you.
If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.
I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.
But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”
The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.
Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
For God has bound all to disobedience, that he might have mercy on all.
Don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.
Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.”
Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the middle of him, they will sanctify my name. Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says Yahweh. “My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your offspring, nor out of the mouth of your offspring’s offspring,” says Yahweh, “from now on and forever.”
Your gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.
to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
I will encamp around my house against the army, that no one pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes.
Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. You will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for Yahweh shall inherit the land.
The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.
His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.
For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called ‘The city of righteousness, a faithful town.’
There will be a highway for the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, like there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
because Yahweh of Armies has blessed them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.”
everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’ ”
Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel and his Maker says: “You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!
You will be established in righteousness. You will be far from oppression, for you will not be afraid, and far from terror, for it shall not come near you.
Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way of the people! Build up, build up the highway! Gather out the stones! Lift up a banner for the peoples.
They will not labor in vain nor give birth for calamity; for they are the offspring of Yahweh’s blessed and their descendants with them.
It will come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days,” says Yahweh, “they will no longer say, ‘the ark of Yahweh’s covenant!’ It will not come to mind. They won’t remember it. They won’t miss it, nor will another be made.
Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
“But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.
that the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.
A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there.
For he didn’t subject the world to come, of which we speak, to angels.
For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can’t live with you.
The righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.
Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.
I have put my words in your mouth and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’ ”
For bronze I will bring gold; for iron I will bring silver; for wood, bronze, and for stones, iron. I will also make peace your governor, and righteousness your ruler.
Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
But the Scripture imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.
Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.