Will the end of this World be by............

[firehill]

I'm not sure how it is all going to end but according to some christian astronomers things Jesus spoke of have been fullfilled like some 10 years ago.

Like what firehill, I've never heard this?

I will have to go on a hunt to find the info but it's regarding Matthew 24:29. According to them it has already been fulfilled. I suspect that just as people were expecting Christ to come as King we in our time are also expecting certain things to occur which are totally off base and we are misunderstanding the meaning of prophetic scripture. How many got it right when Jesus did show up on the scene? How many will have it right when he comes again? I suspect it will be a minority.

Matthew 24:29 NIV

29"Immediately after the distress of those days

" 'the sun will be darkened,

and the moon will not give its light;

the stars will fall from the sky,

and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'

[apothanein kerdos]

The end of the world won't come until after the thousand year reign of Jesus Christ. This is when armagedon occurs, and then ...'the new Jerusalem'.

Armageddon happens before the Millennial Reign. We will spend one thousand years in peace, ruling and restoring this planet after so much devastation.

Why would the Lord have us restore a planet that He's going to destroy with fire?

2 Peter 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 melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up

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Because that's a mistranslation.

[Scarletprayers]

I have no doubt your right, but it still sounds interesting, don't do any big search or anything, but if you happen to come across it let me know!

[Guest man]

The end of the world won't come until after the thousand year reign of Jesus Christ. This is when armagedon occurs, and then ...'the new Jerusalem'.

Armageddon happens before the Millennial Reign. We will spend one thousand years in peace, ruling and restoring this planet after so much devastation.

Why would the Lord have us restore a planet that He's going to destroy with fire?

2 Peter 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 melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up

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Because that's a mistranslation.

What is the correct translation?

[firehill]

I have no doubt your right, but it still sounds interesting, don't do any big search or anything, but if you happen to come across it let me know!

I will let you know.

[apothanein kerdos]

The end of the world won't come until after the thousand year reign of Jesus Christ. This is when armagedon occurs, and then ...'the new Jerusalem'.

Armageddon happens before the Millennial Reign. We will spend one thousand years in peace, ruling and restoring this planet after so much devastation.

Why would the Lord have us restore a planet that He's going to destroy with fire?

2 Peter 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 melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up

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Because that's a mistranslation.

What is the correct translation?

He's talking about the ethical world and not the ontological (physical) world. Notice the context before and after the verse, and even within the verse. It says that the works of the earth will be burned up.

Likewise, there is a conflict on manuscripts here. Some manuscripts use the word eurethesetai while others use katakaesetai. The first one means, essentially, that something is to be laid open and all its evil and good shown to all. The second one means "burned up." Thus, depending on which manuscripts you use, it will affect the outcome of your interpretation. I think the more logical choice is to use eurethesetai because of the following:

1) The context is all speaking about the righteousness of God found on the New Earth and contrasting it to the wickedness of man found on this earth

2) A "burned up" earth would contradict Revelation's vision of the future earth

3) It doesn't make any sense why God would create everything only to destroy it later

4) It doesn't make sense why Paul would say, in Romans 8, that the entire creation will be redeemed in the end if it were all going to be burned up (this would be a contradiction)

[Floatingaxe]

Just as the "cleansing" flood of Noah did not destroy the earth, so the final cleansing fire will not utterly destroy the earth. It makes way for the New Earth, The Kingdom of God, the New Jerusalem.