“This second epistle (letter), beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: that ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers (ridiculer, scorner, disdainer, mocker), walking after their own lust, 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. ” II Peter 3:1-4

These words were written over two thousand years ago and are presented as one sentence, unit, or thought. The emphasis seems to be to believers to arouse them to remember what they had been thought, by the sacred writings of the prophets, and the teaching of the apostles, concerning the last days. The last days are looked upon as those days that follow the ascension of Jesus back to the Father so we have already passed through 2,000 years. If you would read verse eight of the same chapter you will see that two thousand years is no more than two days to the Lord. Let me ask you a pointed question, “If you knew Jesus was coming back in 48 hours what would be your priority (main concern, importance, rank)?”

In the creation God set ‘time’ into motion with the dividing of the day and night which established the first day. What we know is that we have seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries and millenniums. We know that time marches on and it does not stop for any of us. We should also know that for all of us it is later than it has ever been. According to God’s Word His eternal plan is moving forward and nothing will halt, or delay, the Rapture, the Tribulation Period, the Millennial Reign, the Judgments, the New Jerusalem coming down, the New heaven and earth, God dwelling with man and making all things new! (Rev. 21:1-5)

Let’s go back for just a moment to II Peter 3:3 and those who are identified as ‘scoffers’ who would ‘ridicule, scorn, disdain and mock’ the message of the last days. Please notice how the Lord describes the ‘scoffers’ as those who ‘walk after their own lust’. You can identify those who ‘mock’ the message of the coming of the Lord, and all the judgment involved, as those who are just living their lives according to the ‘lust’ (desire, yearn, covet, hunger, thirst) of the flesh. Think for a moment how would we respond to someone who asked us, “Do you believe the signs are pointing to the imminent (about to happen, impending, coming up) return of Jesus?”

How easy it is to say, “YES I DO!”. The truth is that are priorities, and lifestyle, say we are ‘SCOFFERS’. May we all think about the message our lives are presenting to an unbelieving world. 

SEE YOU SOON – BRO. ED