In Ezekiel 40-41, Ezekiel receives visions (40:2) for the building plans of God's temple and its surrounding areas. These are visions that I am glad I did not have. I am not an architect and would rather just see the finished product. That being said, many pictures have been made today that symbolize what the temple looked like in accordance with the descriptions given in The Bible. "Ezekiel's vision of the new Jerusalem temple after the exile is idealistic and was perhaps never realized in Zerubbabel's rebuilding of the temple, but many of its details would have reflected Solomon's temple in which Ezekiel probably ministered as a priest before being deported to Babylon in 597 B.C." (Holman's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, p. 1562). Pictures of Solomon's temple can be found on pages 1514-15 in Holman's Illustrated Bible Dictionary (HBD).
2 Peter 3 warns us of the coming day of the Lord. The present heavens and earth will be destroyed by fire (v. 7, 10) and will be replaced with a new heaven and a new earth (v. 13). Some theologians argue whether the new earth will be the old earth remade or whether the new earth will be a seperate planet from the one we now live on. However, this debate is insignificant when compared to our BIBLE ("Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth"). 2 Peter 3:11-12 say we that we should be living "holy and godly lives" as we "look forward to the day of God and speed its coming." Should the world end today, would you be ready?
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