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NASB | 2 Peter 3:4 and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Peter 3:4 and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming [what has become of it]? For ever since the fathers fell asleep [in death], all things have continued [exactly] as they did from the beginning of creation." |
Subject: Where do I go from here? |
Bible Note: 2nd Coming? Yes, no, or maybe? As some on this forum have noted, I have a healthy (or unhealthy, depending upon their views) concern that Jesus will not be coming back, as promised. I’ve tried to outline many verses, from those that provide “doubt”, to those, which seem to me, provide bona fide evidence. Instead of rehashing the same verses, this will be a final summation, if you will, with only indirect mention of where the support criteria may be found. (But if anyone should want to know “specifically” the verse (s), just ask) To some, this pursuit has been deemed the importance of a gnat’s existence in the universe, and that well may be true. But on the other hand, it well may not be true, and from a tiny acorn, a mighty oak does grow. From the very beginning of the NT to its very end, “Soon” is chronicled. “The Good News is Coming Soon!” A sense of urgency permeates throughout the NT. “Expectation” thrives. “Warnings” abound. Peter, Paul, and John are caught up in the clouds of “soon.” Repeatedly, they tell their followers (mainly Jewish Christians) that the end of the world is near. Paul tells the Corinthians, “…the world in its present form will soon be gone.” Christ (God), if it may be recalled, speaks through Paul. Peter echoes the theme when he declares, “…the end of the world is coming soon.” Peter is explicit, too, when he tells the Jewish Christians living in Asia Minor, that this end will occur during their lifetime. John is no less adamant, no less specific: “ …this makes us all the more certain that the end of the world is near.” No wonder, then, when Revelations is written, this urgent message is at the fore. When writing the letter to the seven churches, Revelation’s author pulls few punches as he stresses that, “…the future activities soon to occur in the life of Jesus Christ…” and, “…the time is near when these things will all come true.” He begins his letter with this attention getting “soon” and he ends the message with: “I am coming soon!” “…this will happen soon…” “…for the time of fulfillment is near…” “See, I am coming soon…” and “Yes, I am coming soon!” Consistent with the notion of “soon,” is his thinly veiled puzzle of the BEAST. Since the Greek language accorded a numerical value to names, the triple sixes is representative of the Roman Emperor, Nero. This ruler was, indeed, considered to be a Beast to the Jews, a ruler who persecuted them unmercifully. In the Hebrew version, the number is listed as six-one-six, and when translated, also represents Nero. That would put the concerns of Revelation squarely with his own present day. (to be continued...) Treadway |