The promise of His Coming
2 peter 3:1-10
Jesus is Coming back!!
Next to faith, the return of Christ is the most discussed topic in the Bible
1,845 times mentioned or alluded
One out of thirty verses
One-fifth of the Bible deals with the end of days and/or the second coming
For every one verse about Jesus Christ’s first coming, there are eight about His second coming
Twenty-one times Jesus personally referred to it
Fifty times we are told to be ready for it
John 14:2-3 NKJV "In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (3) "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
Jesus is Coming back!!
Look Back at the Scriptures (vv. 1-2)
The Prophets’ Writings
The Apostles’ Records
Look Around at the Scoffers (vv. 3-7)
Their Worldview
Their Wrong View
Look Ahead to the Saviour (vv. 8-10)
His Patience Is Not Shortened
His Promise Is Not Slack
Look back at the scriptures
Looking back at the prophets (“holy prophets”)
We become lethargic; or drowsy (spiritually)
We need to be woken or stirred up
Prophecy cure for spiritual drowsiness
The day of the Lord (see v. 10)
Nineteen times in the Old Testament: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Joel, Amos Zephaniah, Zechariah
Four times in the New Testament
God dramatically and miraculously intervenes in human history:
bringing the greatest distress the world has ever known
culminate in the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ
Old Testament references: Isaiah 13:6; Jeremiah 46:10; Amos 5:18:
Look back at the scriptures
Isaiah 13:6
Jeremiah 46:10
Amos 5:18 – 20
Jesus’ teachings : Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21;
Apostles’ Records: 1 Thessalonians 5; 2 Thessalonians 1-2; Revelation 6-19
Value of scripture
Memorize
Stir up your minds
Think Biblically in all things
Look around at the scoffers
The prophets predicted scoffers and mockers
Isaiah 5; Jeremiah 17; Ezekiel 12; Malachi 2
A scoffer: is someone who treats lightly what should be taken seriously
Dictionary - someone who laughs and speaks about a person or idea in a way that shows that they think that person or idea is stupid or silly
We’ve all met them
Scoffers - living for their temporary pleasures …dismiss talk of God's judgment and accountability
Scoffer’s Worldview
They say we live in a closed, naturalistic system, and events move along without any kind of cataclysmic event from heaven
Uniformitarianism; the present philosophy in “science” and culture – a doctrine! Present is the key to the past
Geology 101
Incorrect – 1) the Creation; 2) the Flood; 3) excludes Providential work and care of God
2 Peter 3:3-4
2 Peter 3:3-4 NLT
2 Peter 3:5 KJV
Look ahead for our saviour
2 Peter 3:8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
2 Peter 3:10
