The Coming Judgment

(Genesis 7:1–24; Jude 1:17–23)

3 Beloved, this [is] now [my] second letter to you. [Both] of [them] [are] reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking 2 by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by [our] Lord and Savior through your apostles.

3 Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, following[fn] their own evil desires.[fn] 4 “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since [our] fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from [the] beginning of creation.”

5 [But] they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word [the] heavens existed and [the] earth was formed out of water and by water, 6 through which[fn] the world of that time perished in the flood. 7 And by His word,[fn] the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for [the] day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.