Hi stillness
Greetings in Christ
The biblical point you have focused accord 2Pe.3:v.12 , in my view is very very interesting and profound. I would like to say that I like to decipher biblical enigmas like these focused by you. Scriptures say, as you have posted, "the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved". The question is: which heavens will be dissolved? God created the 1st, and the 2nd, and the 3rd heavens, and the heavens of the heavens.
That said, I would say that the 3rd heaven where the apostle Paul was when was caught, and the mysterious heaven of heavens, these two heavens can not be dissolved now in this Lord's Day, I think that these two heavens will never be dissolved. Then for decipher this enigma in the content of you post, it is necessary to identify the 1st and 2nd heavens within Scriptures, of course, because without any doubt the 1st and the 2nd heavens are the heavens which will be dissolved by the fire as was prophesied by the apostle Peter.
I did search in the Word of God how the Most High God creats heavens. Reading Ephesians 1:v.3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with ALL spiritual blessings in HEAVENLY places in Christ. Question: In what heaven are the people of God living and walking now, even now?
Philippians 3:v.20 says: Our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. Again, question: In what heaven are the people of God living and walking now, even now, looking for the Savior the Lord JESUS Christ? Well, blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with ALL spiritual blessings in HEAVENLY places in Christ.
But what is heaven? In my view the biblical expression "heaven" has nothing to do with the physical space of the Universe, called by men, sky, but with an celestial environment created by the Most High God here on earth to put His people inside it. As it is written in Philippians 3:v.20, "our conversation is in heaven, from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ".
Our conversation is in heaven, but in what heaven or heavenly place in Christ? Seems the answer is only and only one: It is the celestial environment created by the Most High God through JESUS, establishing here on earth the Dispensation of the New Testament.
Cotinuing in my search, I found in Isaiah 51:v.16 the follow revelation: 16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may PLANT the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. Based in this revelation, JESUS and His apostles planted and developed the 2nd heaven, being confirmed by the Church, the body of Christ, along the times until today. The Dispensation of the New Testament is the 2nd heaven.
And the first heaven? The 1st heaven was planted by Moses first, and continued through Judges, and prophets, and endure until John the Baptist, that is the Dispensation of the Old Testament. This was the first heaven established by the Most High God here on earth.
But now, even now, in the Lord's Day, these two heavenly environment will be dissolved in fire. By the way, the everlassing Spirit of God is a devouring fire. And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may PLANT the HEAVENS, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
Isaiah 33:v.10-17
10 Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
17 Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: