Where Is The Coming Of Christ?

2 Peter 3

Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you.

I have written both of them as reminders

To stimulate you to wholesome thinking.

I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets

And the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

First of all, you must understand

That in the LAST DAYS scoffers will come,

Scoffing and following their own evil desires.

They will say, “Where is this 'coming' He promised?

Ever since our fathers died,

Everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”

But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's Word

The heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and with water.

By water also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.

By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,

Being kept for THE DAY OF JUDGMENT and destruction of ungodly men.

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends:

With the Lord a day is like a thousand years,

And a thousand years are like a day.

The Lord is not slow in keeping His PROMISE, as some understand slowness.

He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish,

But everyone to come to repentance.

But THE DAY OF THE LORD will come like a thief.

The heavens will disappear with a roar;

The elements will be destroyed by fire,

And the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

Since everything will be destroyed in this way,

What kind of people ought you to be?

You ought to live holy and godly lives

As you look forward to THE DAY OF GOD and speed its coming.

That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire,

And the elements will melt in the heat.

But in keeping with His PROMISE we are looking forward to a new heaven

And a new earth, the home of righteousness.

So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this,

Make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with Him.

Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation,

Just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you

With the wisdom that God gave him.

He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters.

His letters contain some things that are hard to understand,

Which ignorant and unstable people distort,

As they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard

So that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men

And fall from your secure position.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

To Him be glory both now and forever! Amen. (2 Peter 3)

Today we have scoffers, even in the Church of God.

“Where is this “coming?”

The scoffers were present in the days of Noah.

They scoffed every day while Noah constructed the Ark.

They scoffed the seven days after God shut the door to the Ark.

They scoffed when it began to rain.

However, 40 days later there was no one to scoff.

Lawless men always scoff; they are deceived.

God has promised a new heaven and a new earth.

He has promised a thousand years of rest here on this earth.

The second coming of Christ Jesus

Will be as final as the day the Lord closed the door to the Ark.

He said that He was coming soon, and so it shall be.

He will come soon and the scoffers will be no more. Hallelujah!

Today, however, anyone can turn to Christ Jesus and be saved.

Today is the day of salvation. Hallelujah!

Soon it will not longer be called today; “Time” will have ended.

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!