think of it this way, if you are scared of nuclear war

we are possibly 10 minutes to midnight,
in 2 Peter chapter 3, it talks about how
the end of the earth will be a rupture of
fire to incinerate the planet,

think of it this way, Noah's flood was the
baptism by water & the passage in 2 Peter
is the baptism of the fire of the Holy Ghost,

first the water destroyed in a water baptism
so to say, & the second thing to destroy the
planet is pure fire like that of the baptism of
the fire of the Holy Ghost,

the first destruction of life was water, & the
second will be by fire, the natural way to
receive the spirit is first a water baptism &
the second a baptism of fire in the spirit