Considering what is going to happen at the 2nd coming, according to the following passages,
God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
7 and
to give relief to you who are afflicted and[4]
[Lit along with us ] to us as well when[5]
[Lit at the revelation of the Lord Jesus ] the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His[6]
[Lit the angels of His power ] mighty angels in flaming fire,
8 dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
9 These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
10 when He comes to be glorified in[7]
[Or in the persons of ] His saints[8]
[Or holy ones ] on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—for our testimony to you was believed.
11 To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will count[9]
[Or make ] you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power,
12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and
the Lord Jesus Christ.
2PET3
8 But do not let this one
fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
9 The Lord is not slow about
His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
A New Heaven and Earth
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its[2]
[Lit the works in it ] works will be burned[3]
[Two early mss read discovered ] up.
11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,
12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!
13 But according to
His promise we are
looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
So we have nothing left, and all that is left is the new heaven +earth, where righteousness dwells.
so if the millenium starts here, where do the enemies like the sand of the seashore come from ? ( after the mill )
They come across the broad plain of the earth. ....
This must be the old earth, because no-one unrighteous, can get in to the new heaven or earth, where righteousness dwells.
At the great white throne we see heaven and earth flee , because no place was found for them, and this fits peters desciption above . His eyes were on this day, in response to
the promise of his coming
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 men.
8 But do not let this one
fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance