Here’s the thing, though: it’s not contrary to worldly wisdom. 2 Peter 3:8-13 actually matches the scenario of a vacuum metastablity event, which physicists very much do consider a possibility. The universe would be consumed by fire as the enormous energy stored in the vacuum of space is unleashed (estimated to be about 1 microjoule per cubic meter, but the universe is enormous), and a new universe would be formed in its wake.