not refer here to Noah’s Flood, for the world of Noah’s day did not perish, and Peter goes on to add that— “The heavens and the earth which are now (that is, have been in existence since the restoration of the earth of Gen. 1:3–31), by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men” (Great White Throne Judgment). Rev. 20:11–15. That this earth was not originally created “formless and void” is clear from Isa. 45:18 (R. V.). “Thus saith