Will God ever Destroy the Earth Again? (Also: Enoch MAILBAG)

Well, next week is April 15, which means your taxes are coming due. So if you woke up today and said, “Man, it sure would be great if God consumed the whole world in a fiery destruction that wiped away all life and memory of mankind and the IRS from the earth…” then I have some good news. That’s actually in the works. 

Now, it probably won’t be next week, but it is gonna happen. And how do I know? Because Peter told me about it. 

II Peter 3:10 says

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.

And for the record, the Book of Enoch tells us similar things. It was written about the future Second Coming of Christ. Enoch’s book tells us things about the Second Coming long before even Christ’s first coming. It even tells us how the mountains will melt like wax before the Lord at His return. We’re gonna look at some of that today.

But wait a minute- didn’t God promise to never destroy the world again after the flood?

In Genesis 8:21 and 22, God says

“I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. 22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”

So wait- is God actually gonna destroy the world someday- or am I gonna have to just keep paying taxes forever and ever? 

We’re going to answer that question today. And it won’t take long, actually. But after that, I want to explore a few questions that you all, the listeners, have been sending in lately about the Book of Enoch. Because today is going to finish up chapter 10, as well as 11, and this will actually finish up a section of the book, which makes it a good time to address some of your burning questions, like:

• were there female giants?
• Is there any good reason to think that the Book of Enoch was actually written and somehow preserved through the flood?
• And why does windshield wiper fluid have to look so delicious?

That last one is actually one of my own questions, and I don’t have an answer. It’s just something that’s been bothering me this week because I had to refill the windshield wiper fluid on my vehicle and… is it just me or does anyone else wonder what flavor that is. (I’ve had a little bit too much coffee this morning so there’s a lot of thoughts going through my head right now.)

So why does God say He’s not going to destroy the world again after Noah gets off the Ark, yet II Peter 3 tells us He’s going to do exactly that? 

I find this to be weird, and I’d like to explore why it’s in the bible. 

Turn with me to Genesis 8 and let’s get weird. 

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0:00 - Introduction

3:35 - Genesis 8 & Enoch 10-11

8:45 - Read the Fine Print

15:15 - Mailbag- Why Trust Enoch?

26:05 - Mailbag- Jesus’ Privacy

27:10 - Mailbag- Female Giants?

28:35 - Closing Thoughts

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