Make all things Right

The apostle Peter’s account of the Last days

The apostle Peter gives this account of the last days before God returns to make all things right; in 2 Peter 3 he tells us we should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandments of our Lord and Savior through the apostles, know that in the last days scoffers will come, and they will be followers of their own sinful desires.  “They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming?”  Peter says listen in chapter 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.”  Peter says the Lord is not slow in keeping His promises, but is patient toward you; not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Often people ask how will the world end, God has spoken on this issue in 2 Peter 3:10-13; “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.  Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!  But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.”

There is no fear in death for a believer only expectation of being in the presence of our Lord and Savior and the Father, but John tells us there should be great fear for anyone who has not entered into a relationship with Jesus Christ.  “And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of like, he was thrown into the lake of fire.” (Revelation 20:15)

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice