Timtofly
Well-Known Member
I never said at the end. The cleansing fire removes the works of man at the beginning to restore the earth to pre-Flood conditions.Not after it ends, but at the end of it.
Okay, so we actually agree that 2 Peter 3:10-12 occurs at the second coming. So, tell me how exactly any mortals survive that? Paul, who wrote in 1 Thess 5:2-3 about the same day of the Lord that Peter described in 2 Peter 3:10-12, said that unbelievers "shall not escape" the "sudden destruction" that comes down at that time. So, again, how does this allow for any mortal survivors, keeping in mind that believers will be changed and have immortal bodies at that point?
"And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"
Under the mountains and rubble.