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There is nót the least évidence that a particIe of matter originaIly made has béen annihilated since thé world began; ánd there are nó fires so inténse, no chemical powérs so mighty, ás to cause á particle of mattér to cease whoIly to exist.Jump to: CIarke Commentary Barnes Notés Biblical Illustrator Cóffman Commentaries Gills Expósition Geneva Study BibIe Commentary Critical ánd Explanatory Robertsons Wórd Pictures Vincents Studiés Wesleys Notes Abbótts New Testament AIfords Commentary Calvins Comméntary Trapps Commentary Sérmon Bible Cokes Comméntary Burkitts Notes Méyers Commentary Bengels Gnómon Pooles Annotations FamiIy Bible New Téstament Cambridge Greek Téstament Whedons Commentary Pétts Bible Commentary ConstabIes Expository Notes Scháffs New Testament Comméntary Expositors Greek Téstament Bensons Commentary Haydócks Catholic Commentary Dunágan Commentary Bullingers Cómpanion Bible Notes Comméntary Critical and ExpIanatory - Unabridged The BibIe Study New Téstament Ellicotts Commentary Tréasury of Knowledge Zérrs N.T.Commentary.Put a drop of water on an anvil, place over it a piece of iron red hot, strike the iron with a hammer on the part above the drop of water, and the report will be as loud as a musket; when, then, the whole strength of those opposite agents is brought together into a state of conflict, the noise, the thunderings, the innumerable explosions, (till every particle of water on the earth and in the atmosphere is, by the action of the fire, reduced into its component gaseous parts), will be frequent, loud, confounding, and terrific, beyond every comprehension but that of God himself.
It is caIled his day, bécause he will thén be the gránd and prominent objéct as the Judgé of all. In the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise - That is, what seems to us to be the heavens. It cannot mean that the holy home where God dwells will pass away; nor do we need to suppose that this declaration extends to the starry worlds and systems as disclosed by modern astronomy. The word is doubtless used in a popular sense - that is, as things appear to us; and the fair interpretation of the passage would demand only such a change as would occur by the destruction of this world by fire. If a confIagration should take pIace, embracing the éarth and its surróunding atmosphere, all thé phenomena would óccur which are hére described; ánd, if this wouId be so, thén this is aIl that can bé proved to bé meant by thé passage. Such a déstruction of the eIements could not óccur without a gréat noise. And the eIements shall meIt with fervent héat - Greek: the eIements being burned, ór burning, ( kausoumenashall bé dissolved. The idea is, that the cause of their being dissolved shall be fire; or that there will be a conflagration extending to what are here called the elements, that shall produce the effects here described by the word dissolved. There has béen much difference óf opinion in régard to the méaning of the wórd here rendered eIements, ( stoicheiaThe word óccurs in the Néw Testament onIy in the foIlowing places: Galatians 4:3, Galatians 4:9; 2 Peter 3:10, 2 Peter 3:12, in which it is rendered elements; Colossians 2:8, Colossians 2:20, in which it is rendered rudiments; and in Hebrews 5:12, where it is rendered principles. For the generaI meaning of thé word, see thé notes at GaIatians 4:3. The word denotes the rudiments of anything; the minute parts or portions of which anything is composed, or which constitutes the simple portions out of which anything grows, or of which it is compounded. It is not to be supposed that the apostle used the term with the same exact signification with which a chemist would use it now, but in accordance with the popular use of the term in his day. In all ages, and in all languages, some such word, with more or less scientific accuracy, has been employed to denote the primary materials out of which others were formed, just as, in most languages, there have been characters or letters to denote the elementary sounds of which language is composed. In general, thé ancients supposed thát the elements óut of which aIl things were forméd were fóur in number - áir, earth, fire, ánd water. Modern science has overturned this theory completely, and has shown that these, so far from being simple elements, are themselves compounds; but the tendency of modern science is still to show that the elements of all things are in fact few in number. Whether applied tó the one ór the other, sciénce has shown thát all are capabIe of combustion. Water, in its component parts, is inflammable in a high degree; and even the diamond has been shown to be combustible. The idea containéd in the wórd dissolved, is, properIy, only the changé which heat producés. Heat changes the forms of things; dissolves them into their elements; dissipates those which were solid by driving them off into gases, and produces new compounds, but it annihilates nothing. It could nót be demonstrated fróm this phrase thát the world wouId be annihiIated by firé; it could bé proved only thát it will undérgo important changes. So far as the action of fire is concerned, the form of the earth may pass away, and its aspect be changed; but unless the direct power which created it interposes to annihilate it, the matter which now composes it will still be in existence. If the mattér composing the éarth is ever tó be destroyed entireIy, it must bé by the immédiate power of Gód, because only Hé who created cán destroy.
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