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12 THINGS MEN ARE WILLINGLY IGNORANT OF …
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That by the Word of God the HEAVENS were created of old. (1 Peter 3:5; Ps. 68:33; 93:2; 102:25: Mic. 5:2)
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That the earth was established in and out of water. (1 Peter 3:5; Psalm 24:2; 136:6)
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That the world THAT THEN WAS refers to the pre-Adamite world or social system which was destroyed by a great universal flood before Adam. (1Pet. 3:6; Ps. 104:5-9; Jer. 4:23-26; Isa. 14:12-14; Ez. 28:11-17)
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That the heavens and earth which ARE NOW were restored from chaos and judgment about 6,000 years ago in Adam’s day. (1 Pet.3:7; Gen. 1:3-2:25)
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That the heavens and the earth entered their second sinful career through Adam and are now reserved for a second universal renovation by FIRE at the time of the Millennium. (1 Pet. 3:7,10-12; Rom. 8:18-25; Heb. 1:10-12; 12:25-28; Rev. 20:7-15)
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That with GOD a thousand years is LIKE a day, and a day LIKE a thousand years. He inhabits eternity and is not subject to time to get His work done before death as is the case with us. (1 Pet. 3:9; Isa. 57:15: Eph. 3:11)
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That the Lord is not slack concerning His promises but is long suffering to ALL men, wishing All would come to repentance. (1 Pet.3:9; 1 Tim. 2:4; Rev. 21:17)
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That the day of the Lord is to come as a thief in the night, in which day (then end of it) the heavens and the earth will be renovated and made a THIRD time. (1 Pet. 3:10-13; Isa. 65:17; 66:22024; Rev. 21;22)
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That ALL rebellion will then be put down. (1 Pet. 3:13; 1 Cor 15:24-28)
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That the righteous natural people left on earth after the rebellion of Rev. 20:7-10 will multiply and replenish the new earth forever, carrying out God’s original program for Adam, as would have been done if men had not sinned. (1 Pet. 3:13; Gen. 1:26-31; 8:22; 9:12; Isa. 9:6-7; 59:20; Dan. 2:44-45; 7:13-14, 27; Mt. 25:34,46; Lk. 1:32-33; Rev. 11:15; 21:1-22:5)