Rock�s Second Letter, Chapter 3
{3:1} This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to
you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;
{3:2} that you should remember the words which were spoken before by
the holy prophets, and the [1>]mitzvot[<1] of us, the apostles of the
Lord and Savior: {3:3} knowing this first, that in the last days
mockers will come, walking after their own lusts, {3:4} and saying,
"Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the
fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the
beginning of the creation." {3:5} For this they willfully forget, that
there were heavens from of old, and an [2>]eretz[<2] formed out of
water and amid water, by the word of God; {3:6} by which means the
world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished. {3:7} But
the heavens that now are, and the [3>]eretz[<3], by the same word have
been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment
and destruction of ungodly men. {3:8} But don't forget this one thing,
beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a
thousand years as one day. {3:9} The Lord is not slow concerning his
promise, as some count slowness; but is longsuffering towards us, not
wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance. {3:10} 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 [4>]eretz[<4]
and the works that are in it will be burned up. {3:11} Therefore since
all these things are thus to be destroyed, what manner of persons
ought you to be in holy living and godliness, {3:12} looking for and
earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, by reason of which
the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements will
melt with fervent heat? {3:13} But, according to his promise, we look
for new heavens and a new [5>]eretz[<5], in which dwells righteousness.
{3:14} Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be
diligent to be found in shalom, without blemish and blameless in his
sight. {3:15} Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as
our beloved brother Sha'ul also, according to the wisdom given to him,
wrote to you; {3:16} as also in all of his letters, speaking in them
of these things. In those are some things hard to be understood, which
the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they do also to the other
Scriptures, to their own destruction. {3:17} You therefore, beloved,
knowing these things beforehand, beware lest, being carried away with
the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness. {3:18}
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Yeshua the
Messiah. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amein.
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Footnotes:
[1] {3:2} commandments
[2] {3:5} earth
[3] {3:7} earth
[4] {3:10} earth
[5] {3:13} earth
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