Jesus Peter Paul all teach the earth, and heaven will pass away with a great noise and melt and burn when He returns, why is that so controversial as to when this happens?
The relevant verses teach that. Problem is man has been teaching when Christ returns the heaven and earth do not pass away, Christ rules on this physical old earth a kingdom over flesh and blood old earth people and there is no twinkling of the eye change at his second coming.
Scriptures mention a new heaven and earth coming, this set goes, flees away from the face of God, passes away, and it says no place is found for them. There is no third new earth and new heaven to come in the future. And we cannot possibly be in the new earth and new heavens today as that does not agree with Paul's 'sudden destruction' of the wicked, we still have many wicked here on earth. Or Peter's fire of destruction which melts the entire earth. We only read in scripture of a fiery destruction when Christ returns. And that agrees with what John the Baptist proclaimed, What Christ proclaims, and the apostle's doctrines.
Possibly the great noise is the trumpet of God.
The Day of the Lord
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But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be [d]burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner
of persons 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 dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
Matthew 5:18
For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.
Luke 16
16 “The law and the prophets
were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.
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And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one [a]tittle of the law to fail.
Mark 13
The Coming of the Son of Man
24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; 25 the stars of heaven will fall, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26
Then they will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27 And then He will send His angels, and gather together His [
h]elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of earth to the farthest part of heaven.
The Parable of the Fig Tree
28 “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 29 So you also, when you see these things happening, know that [
i]it is near—at the doors! 30 Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. 31
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
1 Thess 5
The Day of the Lord
1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2
For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 5 You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others
do, but let us watch and be [
a]sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and
as a helmet the hope of salvation. 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
11 Therefore [
b]comfort each other and [
c]edify one another, just as you also are doing.
1 Corinthians 15:52
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel,
and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
