2 Peter 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

The heavens; the ethereal, or starry heaven, as well as aerial; for, 2 Peter 3:10,12, he distinguisheth the heavens that are to perish by fire, from the elements; and 2 Peter 3:13, he opposeth a new heaven to that heaven which is to be consumed; but the new heaven is not meant merely of the aerial heaven. And why should not this be meant of the same heavens, which elsewhere in Scripture are said to perish? Job 14:12 Psalms 102:26: All of them wax old, & c. By the same word; the same as 2 Peter 3:5. Are kept in store; are kept safe as in a treasury, and untouched for a time, that they may be destroyed at last. Reserved unto fire; that they may be consumed by it. The destruction of the world by fire at the last day, is opposed to the destruction of it by water in the flood. Against the day of judgment; the general judgment. And perdition of ungodly men; this the apostle speaks with an emphasis, because they were ungodly against whom he here bends his discourse.

2 Peter 3:7

7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.