Acts 17:31
29 So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination. 30 Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead.” 32 Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
2 Peter 3:12
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare. 11 Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must you be, conducting your lives in holiness and godliness, 12 while waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God? Because of this day, the heavens will be burned up and dissolve, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze!
Notes and References
"... Wolfhart Pannenberg has given us another clear reading of his understanding of the resurrection of the dead ... This has consonances and dissonances with the [Ethical Encounter Theology] story of a right ethical-driven origin, purpose and process concluding in a general resurrection of the dead, prior to the biblical aeon-to-come. The E.E.T. understanding of the textual evidence causes it to anticipate a less universalistic result from the summing-up of all the history of the world’s interaction with divine right ethics. It may not be very fashionable to remind ourselves of biblical teaching on judgment and separation (ethical dialysis) but there are few concepts so textually well supported (e.g. John 5:27-30; Acts 17:31; Romans 2:16; 2 Timothy 4:1; Hebrews 12:23; James 5:9; 1 Peter 4:5; Jude 15; Revelation 6:10) ... The E.E.T. exploration has arrived at a major theological conclusion in perceiving that, biblically, promoting binary ethical apocalypsis is the main work of obedient believers. Co-working for a progressive outing of all that despises God’s ways, and facilitating discovery of the humble and obedient, gives every person an ability to contribute to bringing-on the Eschaton (e.g. 2 Peter 3:12). Each one may choose to be part of the everlasting story. It is as they faithfully co-labor with God at this ethical unraveling work that they can rest confident of divine interventions ..."
Rice, Martin James Ethical Encounter Theology: An Inter-Disciplinary Consonance (p. 131, 141) Griffith University, 2011