“For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:”
They deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God — the scoffers' willful ignorance (lēthe echomai) ignores the creation narrative itself. The formation from and through water (hydōr hydōr) references Genesis 1:2 and 1:6-9. The word of God (rhēma theos) as cosmic force parallels Hebrews 1:3 and reveals creation as precedent for eschatological transformation.
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