<p class="bodytext">And,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>You founded the earth in the beginningb>, <b>Lordb>,i><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>and the heavens are the works of your handsb>.i>p>

For they deliberately suppress this fact,<n id="1" /> that by the word of God<n id="2" /> heavens existed long ago and an earth<n id="3" /> was formed out of water and by means of water.

But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.<n id="1" />p>

while waiting for and hastening<n id="1" /> the coming of the day of God?<n id="2" /> Because of this day,<n id="3" /> the heavens will be burned up and<n id="4" /> dissolve, and the celestial bodies<n id="5" /> will melt away in a blaze!<n id="6" />

After<n id="1" /> Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the<n id="2" /> heavens<n id="3" /> opened<n id="4" /> and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove<n id="5" /> and coming on him.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes,<n id="1" /> the heavens will disappear<n id="2" /> with a horrific noise,<n id="3" /> and the celestial bodies<n id="4" /> will melt away<n id="5" /> in a blaze,<n id="6" /> and the earth and every deed done on it<n id="7" /> will be laid bare.<n id="8" />

<p class="poetry">Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them!p> <p class="poetry">But<n id="1" /> woe to the earth and the seap> <p class="poetry">because the devil has come down to you!p> <p class="poetry">He<n id="2" /> is filled with terrible anger,p> <p class="poetry">for he knows that he only has a little time!&#8221;p>