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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: Treadway, one brief observation -- that's all the time I have at my discretion right now -- on the question you raise about our Lord's Second Coming and about the word 'soon.' As to His return, He said He would return. This constitutes a promise from the Son of God. Therefore, not to believe Him, not to take Him at His word, really does play havoc with our own personal trust in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, doesn't it? It militates against our personal relationship with our Creator and our Redeemer. And as for 'soon,' what it may mean to us in our hurry-up society in which we measure time in nano-seconds and what it may mean to the eternal, sovereign and transcendent God are likely not the same things. But this we know: that 'soon' each of us is going to cross the unavoidable bar that separates temporal life on earth from eternity. It will be too late then to speculate about our Lord's return; thus, to my mind, while it is important to watch and wait in expectation of His return, it is of more vital importance to place our total faith and total trust in Him here and now, while we yet can. Treadway, I pray to God that His Spirit will guide and comfort you in your quest for His truth; that you will come to know more about Him; that you will indeed come to know Him and trust Him for all your days. There is a hymn with the words, 'leaning on Jesus, leaning on the everlasting arms.' There can be no nobler calling in all of heaven and earth than 'just in simple faith to trust Him, just to take Him at His word.' --Hank |