EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/12/2026
7:15 PM
My
Worship Time Focus: PT-4“History”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2
Peter 3:5-7
Message
of the verses: “5 For [a]when they maintain this, it escapes
their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed
long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by
water, 6 through which the world at that time
was destroyed by being flooded with water. 7 But by
His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire,
kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.”
“For when they maintain this, it
escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and
the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that
time was destroyed, being flooded with water.
But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for
fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.” (NASB)
I
continue this evening to look at and write about these verses in the same way
that I have been.
“As
God created the heavens, the earth was divinely formed out of water
and by water. God shaped the earth
between two areas of watery mass (Gen. 1:6-9; cf. Prov. 8:27-29).”
(Gen.
1:6-9; cf. Prov. 8:27-29)
“6 ¶ And God said, “Let there be a firmament
in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating the waters
from the waters.” 7 And God made
this firmament and separated the waters which were under the heaven from
the waters which were above the heaven. And it was so. 8 And God called the firmament “Heaven.” And the
evening and the morning were the second day. 9 And God said, “Let
the waters under the heaven be gathered together into one place, and let the
dry land appear.” And it was so.”
“27 When he prepared the heavens, I was
there, When he drew a circle on the
face of the deep, 28 When he
established the clouds above,
When he strengthened the springs of the deep, 29 When he assigned to the sea its limit, So that the waters would not
transgress his command, When he marked
out the foundations of the earth,”
“On the
second day of creation, He collected the upper waters into something like a
vapor canopy around the entire earth, and the lower waters into underground
reservoirs, rivers, lakes, and seas.
Then, on the third day, He separated the land from the water, allowing
dry earth to appear (Gen. 1:10).”
(Gen. 1:10)
“10 And God called the dry land “Earth,” and the
gathering together of the waters he called “Seas.” And God saw that it was
good.”
John MacArthur has written a book
entitled “The Battle for the Beginning,” in which he goes into much more
details on that subject.
“As Adam and Eve lived on that
pre-Flood world, underneath the vapor canopy that God had created, they were
shielded from the sun’s harmful radiation.
As a result, they lived much longer than human beings do today (Cf. Gen.
5:5).”
Cf. Gen. 5:5)
5 And all the days that Adam lived were
nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.”
“Yet,
despite the ideal environment they enjoyed, the spiritual climate of the
pre-Flood world quickly worsened. In
fact, the wickedness of their descendants grew so great that God decided to
judge the world and drown all but eight of its inhabitants (Gen. 6:5-7, 11-13).”
(Gen. 6:5-7, 11-13)
5 And the LORD saw that the
wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every
imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually. 6 And the LORD was
sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his
heart. 7 And the LORD said, “I
shall destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both
man and beast, and creeping creatures and flying creatures of the air, for I am
sorry that I made them.’”
“11 ¶ The earth was corrupt before God, and the
earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked upon the earth and
behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. 13 And
God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before me, for the
earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I shall
destroy them with the earth.”
“Therefore
the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. Peter’s
reference to world is not primarily to the physical earth, because the
planet itself was not obliterated, but rather to the sinful world order (1 John
2:15-17; cf. 1 Cor. 1:20-21; 2 Cor. 4:4; Gal. 4:3; Col. 2:8, 20; 1 Tim. 6:17;
Heb. 11:7; Rev. 11:15; 18:2-20). The
term flooded (katakluzo, from which the English word cataclysm
derives) means ‘to flood,’ or ‘inundate,’ implying complete destructive
overflow.” Now I will go ahead with
quoting these many verses from above, and that will end this SD. Once again I want to stress the importance of
this 3rd chapter of 2 Peter.
(1 John 2:15-17; cf. 1 Cor. 1:20-21; 2
Cor. 4:4; Gal. 4:3; Col. 2:8, 20; 1 Tim. 6:17; Heb. 11:7; Rev. 11:15; 18:2-20)
15 Do not love the world or what is in the
world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not
in him. 16 For all that is in the
world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world passes away, and its lust; but
he who does the will of God abides for ever.”
“20 Where is the wise man? Where is
the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Has not God made
foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For
since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, God
was pleased through the foolishness of preaching to save those who
believe.”
“4 whose minds the god of this world has blinded,
who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who
is the image of God, would shine on them.”
“3 Even so, when we were children, we were
held in bondage under the elements of the world.”
“8 Beware lest any man cheats you through
philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to
the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.”
“20 Therefore, if you died with Christ from the
basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the
world, do you subject yourselves to its rules:”
“17 Command the rich in this present world
not to be haughty, nor to have set their hope in uncertain riches but in
the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.”
“7 By faith, Noah, being warned by God of the
things which were not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an
ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and
became heir of the righteousness according to faith.
“15 And the seventh angel sounded, and loud voices
were in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the
kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and
ever.’”
“2 And he cried mightily with a loud
voice, saying, “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a
dwelling place of demons, and a prison for every unclean spirit, and a
cage for every unclean and hated bird! 3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of
the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed
fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through
the abundance of her luxury.” 4 And I
heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you
share in her sins, and receive any of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God
has remembered her iniquities. 6 Render
to her just as she rendered to you and repay her double according to her
works; in the cup which she mixed, mix double for her. 7 In the measure, she glorified herself and
lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she
says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and I shall not
see sorrow.’ 8 Therefore, her plagues
will come in one day—death and mourning and famine: and she will be utterly
burned with fire, for strong is the Lord God who judges her.” 9 And the kings of the earth who committed
fornication and lived luxuriously with her will weep and lament for her when
they see the smoke of her burning, 10 standing at a distance for fear of her
torment, saying, “Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For
your judgment has come in one hour.” 11 And the merchants of the earth will weep and
mourn over her, for no man buys their merchandise any more— 12 merchandise of gold and silver, and precious
stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and
every kind of citron wood, and every kind of object of ivory, and every kind of
object of most precious wood, and bronze, and iron, and marble; 13 and cinnamon, and incense, and ointments, and
frankincense, and wine, and olive oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle
and sheep, and horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men. 14 And the fruit that your soul longed for has
departed from you, and all the rich and splendid things have departed
from you, and you will find them no more. 15 The merchants of these things, who were
enriched by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment,
weeping and wailing, 16 and saying,
“Alas, alas that great city, which was clothed in fine linen, and
purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! 17 For in one hour such great riches have come to
nothing.” And every shipmaster, and all who travel by ships, and sailors, and
as many as trade on the sea, will stand at a distance 18 and cried out when they saw the smoke
of her burning, saying, “What is like this great city?” 19 And they threw dust on their heads and cried
out, weeping and wailing, saying, “Alas, alas, that great city, in which all
who had ships in the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she was
made desolate.” 20 Rejoice over her, oh
heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God avenged you on her!”
In an earlier SD on these verses I went
into more detail on what we covered in this evening’s SD.
1/12/2026
7:45 PM
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