"But the Day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat. The earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up." - 2 Peter 3:10
How on earth did these people know that GOD the CREATOR does not reside in the heavens (clouds, space, stars, galaxies) and that the whole thing will blow up in pieces one day.
Could they be talking about our solar system blowing up rather than the Universe?
The above verse was talking about the promise of Jesus when He said will come back to take His beloved, the destruction and tribulations that will after Jesus show up from heaven.
Well, I think the verse is clearly talking the Universe. According to the Holy Bible. in the beginning HE made the heavens, stars, earth So HE is outside of HIS creations. HE will destroy the Universe and move his righteous creatures into a new one
No God is not outside his creation for Gen 1:1-2 proof that God was inside His creation before He separated the firmament, waters etc. However, there are 3 heavens. Heaven 1 is the atmosphere heaven where the atmosphere evil spirit reside (it where those that built the Babel reached before God scattered man abroad in Gen11) , heaven 2 is where the stars, moon etc is and heaven 3 is where the Kingdom of God /paradiae is Job 26:9. But God will only destroy the earth, heaven 1 and heaven 2 which is the reason why it was said that the sun and moon are not cleanse in the sight of God Job25:5.
Hope that clear your questions.