Bible Verses About Earth: Destruction of

In the beginning, you laid the foundations of the earth; heaven is the work of your hands.

They will vanish, but you will remain; like clothing, they will all grow old; yes, you will change them like clothing, and they will pass away.

But you remain the same, and your years will never end.

The earth cracks and breaks open, the earth crumbles to pieces, the earth trembles and totters.

The earth staggers to and fro like a drunk, sways back and forth like a watchman's shelter; its transgression weighs heavy upon it; it will fall and not rise again.

"But immediately following the trouble of those times, the sun will grow dark, the moon will stop shining, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in heaven will be shaken.

"Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, all the tribes of the Land will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with tremendous power and glory.

He will send out his angels with a great shofar and they will gather together his chosen people from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

"But when that day and hour will come, no one knows -- not the angels in heaven, not the Son, only the Father.

For the Son of Man's coming will be just as it was in the days of Noach.

Back then, before the Flood, people went on eating and drinking, taking wives and becoming wives, right up till the day Noach entered the ark;

and they didn't know what was happening until the Flood came and swept them all away. It will be just like that when the Son of Man comes.

In those days, after that trouble, the sun will grow dark, the moon will stop shining,

the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers in heaven will be shaken.z

Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with tremendous power and glory.

He will send out his angels and gather together his chosen people from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

"Now let the fig tree teach you its lesson: when its branches begin to sprout and leaves appear, you know that summer is approaching.

In the same way, when you see all these things happening, you are to know that the time is near, right at the door.

Yes! I tell you that this people will certainly not pass away before all these things happen.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will certainly not pass away.

However, when that day and hour will come, no one knows -- not the angels in heaven, not the Son, just the Father.

Stay alert! Be on your guard! For you do not know when the time will come.

"It's like a man who travels away from home, puts his servants in charge, each with his own task, and tells the doorkeeper to stay alert.

So stay alert! for you don't know when the owner of the house will come,