A.--I believe you make a distinction between "the day of the Lord" and "the day of

B.--Yes, I believe such a distinction is found in the Word of truth which I am called upon

to divide aright.

A.--But don't you think you can carry the idea to excess, for surely, after all, the "Lord is

God", and you are probably straining the meaning of the Scriptures, as I fear you do in

many other of your fine distinctions.

B.--Well, one thing at a time. What particular passage have you in mind?

A.--II Peter 3: 10-12.

B.--Perhaps you will read it.

Now surely you do not maintain that there will be two separate occasions when the

heavens shall be dissolved in fire and the elements shall melt with a fervent heat?

B.--No, I have never taught such a thing. I certainly believe these two references deal

with one and the same event.

A.--Well then, out of your own mouth you condemn yourself, for if these two passages

refer to the same event, the day of the Lord and the day of God are the same, and your so

called "rightly dividing" would be better called "hair splitting".

B.--I am afraid you are developing a little "fervent heat". Had we better not be sure that

we have understood the double reference first? Here is the Revised Version; perhaps if

you had consulted that your "fervent heat" might have been spared. Please read the

passage again.

A.--(Reads from the R.V.).