If you are going to go into that type of detail then why are you stopping short and not following all the way through to continue on and explain about the Hebrew particle "eth before each to distinguish between Gen1:1 (The creation that then was from 2 Pet 3) and Gen 2:1?
eth: untranslatable mark of the accusative case.
Original Word: אֵת
Part of Speech: Untranslatable mark of the accusative; mark of accusative
Transliteration: eth
Phonetic Spelling: (ayth)
Definition: untranslatable mark of the accusative case
So let's move on to what Peter was actually saying:
2 PETER 3
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 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:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Peter is addressing the attitude of scoffers, who had refused to take Scripture seriously and claimed that nothing had changed on earth since the beginning of creation. From the context it would appear that they dismissed the global Flood (Deluge) at the time Noah as a myth or fable. Peter said that this was wilful ignorance of Bible truth. The facts of the matter were:
...by the Word of God the heavens were of old...
1. The heavens (plural) and the earth were created by the Word of God out of nothing. God spoke and it was done. This corresponds to Hebrew 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. "Were of old" simply refers to the Creation Account.
...and [the earth] in the water...
2. The earth was originally submerged in, and surrounded by, water. This corresponds to Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void (Heb tohu wa bohu = formless and empty); and darkness was upon the face of the deep (the deep = the oceans). And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters (the surface of the earth was simply water, since the land was submerged under the waters, and the Holy Spirit was active in creation).
On the first day of creation, the earth was was simply a formless and empty mass surrounded by water. Then on each successive day, changes were made to ensure that everything created was "very good" (perfect).
...and the earth standing out of the water...
3. Then God separated the dry land from the oceans, and He also set bounds to the oceans as we know from other Scriptures. So we have this stated in Gen 1:9,10: And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
... the world that then was being overflowed with water, perished...
4. This is obviously a reference to the Genesis Flood, which took place c 2348 BC (or about 4,370 years ago).
Then Peter goes on to say that (since God had promised never to destroy the earth again with water), the future destruction of the earth would be by supernatural fire.
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
So Peter is simply confirming what is revealed in Genesis and confirmed in the Ten Commandments.
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