Back to the Future: The final judgment: Heavens and earth

2nd Peter 3:9-10 | The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.

• What parts of the final judgment are described in today’s reading? 

• Why is the earth burned up as part of the final judgment? 

• According to 2nd Peter 3, who will deserve judgment? Why is this? 

• How do you think people who don’t know Jesus will feel when these events take place? How do they make you feel? Why?