Author	Thread: Jesus has only been gone a couple of days so what are you worried about?
Admin	Jesus has only been gone a couple of days so what are you worried about? Posted : 21 Apr, 2021 06:52 AM “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” (2 Peter 3:8). the context is the key to determining the correct understanding of this passage, especially the comparison of a thousand years to one day. The context of 2 Peter 3 is the return of the Lord to deliver His people. Peter tells the persecuted believers that scoffers will come and mock the idea that the Lord will return. They will say something like, “He’s been gone a long time; He’s not ever coming back” (see verse 4). As Christians are persecuted and continue to look for the Lord to deliver them, it does appear as though His coming is “delayed.” Peter reminds the believers not to lose heart because God is working on a different timetable. For a human being, if something doesn’t happen within a matter of years, then we may miss it. God, however, is not limited by the same constraints of time because “with the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.” Time is simply not an issue with God because He has an unlimited amount of it. If the average person sees something in the store, it would make no difference whether it cost a penny or a dime, even though one is ten times more expensive than the other. If a billionaire wanted to buy a piece of property it might make no difference to him whether it cost $50,000 or $500,000 or even $5,000,000. This is the idea of the verse—both a day and a thousand years are such miniscule amounts of time to God that it really makes no difference to Him We need to wait as patiently for the Lord as the persecuted believers of the first century did and, as they, “live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God” (verses 11–12) Colossians 4:5: “Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time” Post Reply
Moonlight7 View Profile History	Jesus has only been gone a couple of days so what are you worried about? Posted : 21 Apr, 2021 07:16 AM Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God. Matthew 5:9 Post Reply
ADAM7777 View Profile History	Jesus has only been gone a couple of days so what are you worried about? Posted : 22 Apr, 2021 12:26 AM The scoffers do and teach it is OK to lust and sin, ( as long as it is not practising it/freedom to sin when you allow it ) But the old world was condemned, for doing the same, and the day of the Lord comes unexpectedly, which the false prophets again try to teach it comes without anyone missing it and with the entire world seeing all those signs happening, but the signs always were the ungodly prospering in the world now.. 2 Peter 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. Post Reply
LittleDavid View Profile History	Jesus has only been gone a couple of days so what are you worried about? Posted : 22 Apr, 2021 02:44 PM Adam, you and Flat Earth TeddyBug keep practicing the heresy of Sinless Perfectionism by claiming you no longer sin, yet every time the both of you post these false accusations you reveal the sin that is still at work in your lives. Post Reply