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885 B
They wilfully forget this
mockers say that nothing has changed since the creation and they purposely choose to forget.
that the heavens and the earth were established out of water and through water, long ago, by the word of God
"God spoke and the heavens existed and the earth came out of the water and also separated by water"
and that through his word and the water the world at that time, being flooded, was destroyed
"The same word that God used to create the world he used to destroy the existing world with a flood"
that same word
"the word of God"
and that the heavens and the earth are reserved by that same word for fire
"God's word is reserving the heavens and earth for fire."
being reserved for the day of judgment and the destruction of the ungodly people
Heavens and earth are being kept until God judges the ungodly people.