EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/13/2026
5:55 PM
My
Worship Time Focus: PT-5“History”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2
Peter 3:5-7
Message
of the verses: “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. I mention that these are very important verses not only in 2
Peter, but in the entire Bible.
“Contrary
to the objections of certain skeptics, there would have been more than enough
water to cover the entire earth. In
addition to the water already on the earth’s surface (which even in today’s
post Flood world covers nearly three-fourths of the planet), two other vast
sources of water existed: subterranean reservoirs (the ‘the fountains of the
great deep’ [Gen. 7:11; cf. 8:2]).”
[Gen.
7:11; cf. 8:2])
“2 And the springs of the deep and the
windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.
“11 ¶ In year six hundred of Noah’s life, in the
second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the
springs of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of
heaven were opened.’”
“Together, those two sources provided enough water to
encompass the entire globe with rain for forty days and nights (Gen. 7:12).
(Gen. 7:12)
“12 And the rain was upon the earth for
forty days and forty nights.”
“The
language of Genesis 7, where the Flood is described in detail, can be explained
only if a global Flood is in view.” Now
I am going to look at John MacArthur’s note from his study Bible grom Genesis
7:11.
“7:11 month…day. The calendar system of Noah’s day is unknown,
although it appears that one month equaled 30 days. If calculated by the Jewish calendar of Moses’
day, it would be about May. This period
of God’s grace was ended (cf. 6:3, 8; 7:4).
All the fountains of the great deep were broken. The subterranean waters sprang up from
inside the earth to form the seas and rivers (1:10; 2:10-14), which were not
produced by rainfall (since there was none), but the deep fountains in the
earth. The windows of
heaven. The celestial waters in the canopy encircling the globe were dumped
on the earth and joined with the terrestrial and the subterranean waters (cf.
1:7). This ended the water canopy surrounding
the earth and unleashed the water in the earth; together these phenomena began
the new system of hydrology that has since characterized the earth (see Job
28:6; Eccl. 1:7; Isa. 55:10; Amos 9:6).
The sequence in this verse indicating that the earth’s crust breaks up
first, then the heavens drop their water, is interesting because the volcanic
explosions that would have occurred when the earth fractured would have sent
magma and dust into the atmosphere, along with gigantic sprays of water, gas,
and air—all penetrating the canopy and triggering its downpour.”
I find this note from MacArthur’s
study Bible very interesting and is something that I have believed for most of
my Christian life. What we have here in
this note speaks what happened when the Noahic flood came, and the one thing
that I did not see in that note was that is something that I also have read
about and that was the earth turning on its axes which is why we have the
weather patterns we have now. I have
mentioned that before the flood that the entire earth was tropical but afterwards
it is not. I have also mentioned that in
one of the polls, not sure which one, but elephants have been discovered with
food in their mouths inside the ice, which means that when the flood happened
it happened very fast.
“The false teachers of Peter’s time
refused to view world history properly.
Due to their self-centered hedonism, they provide a classic example of
willful ignorance. Like today’s revisionist
historians the false teachers deliberately denied both the creation story and
the Flood—the two catastrophic events that easily disprove their uniformitarian
views.
“In Genesis 9:11, 15, God promised
to never again destroy the earth by means of a universal flood. But that does not mean that He will never
again enact global judgment. One the
contrary, by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for
fire. While the pre-Flood world
system was drowned by water, the present world system will be consumed by
flames (Job 21:30; Ps. 9:7; 96:13; Matt. 13:40-42; 25:32; Rom. 2:5; Heb. 9:27;
10:27). That future judgment, as with
the Flood, will come by the power and authority of His word.”
(Job 21:30; Ps. 9:7; 96:13; Matt.
13:40-42; 25:32; Rom. 2:5; Heb. 9:27; 10:27)
“30 For the wicked man is reserved for the
day of destruction; They will be brought
out on the day of wrath.’
“7 But the LORD shall endure for
ever; He has prepared his throne for
judgment. “
“13 Before the LORD. For he comes, For he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with
righteousness, And the people
with his truth.”
“40 Therefore, as the tares are gathered and
burned in the fire, so it will be in the end of this world. 41 The Son of man will send out his angels, and
they will gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who
practice iniquity, 42 and will cast them
into a furnace of fire: there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”
“32 And before him all the nations will be
gathered, and he will separate them from each other, as the shepherd separates
the sheep from the goats.”
“5 But by your hardness and your
impenitent heart you treasure up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath
and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,”
“27 And as it is appointed for men once to die,
but after this the judgment,”
“27 but a certain fearful expectation of
judgment and fiery indignation, which will devour the adversaries.”
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