Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 10179. 2 Peter 3 contains the most violent description of the end of the present order anywhere in the New Testament. The heavens will pass away with a roar, the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. What is…
Reading Time: 10 minutesQuestion 10133. Whether the new earth is this present planet purged and transformed, or a fresh creation raised in its place, is one of the questions I refuse to settle dogmatically, and I want to explain why at some length. Both readings are held by serious men who take Scripture literally, and both can point…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 10122. The prison of Tartarus is named exactly once in the whole Bible, in a single verb tucked into 2 Peter 2:4, and it refers to the place where God has confined a particular group of fallen angels until judgement. One verb, one verse, and a good deal of careful thinking required. Most English…