"Where Is The Promise of His Coming?"      
 

by Terry W. Benton

 

Peter predicted that scoffers would ask this (2 Peter 3). The Lord has promised to come again. That is one thing that has not happened YET. The scoffer wants you to forget all “the prophetic word made more sure” (2 Peter 2:19f) by amazing fulfillments, but they think they have found a promise that has taken too long in their estimation to come about. They start their reasoning off with a flawed assumption that everything continues as it has always. In the science world, it is the premise of “uniformitarianism.” All things continue as they have for millions or billions of years, they assert. However, this premise is not factual. There have been catastrophes that have interrupted and changed things in drastic ways. Already mentioned in chapter 2 is “the ancient world” in the days of Noah (2:5). The flood event was still so obvious, etched in the legends of every culture, and marked out in land formations and fossil remains everywhere. Also mentioned in chapter 2 was the “ashes” that remained of Sodom and Gomorrah. The evidence of the remains was still testifying and helping people to remember the wrath of God. Yet, the scoffer will downplay all of that and try to explain it all away with naturalistic explanations, and will exploit the subject of Jesus’ coming again. But, why would God build toward the first coming of Jesus with 4,000 plus years of preparatory history, and then cut off the redemptive program in less than 100 years? 2,000 years since Jesus came the first time is not much time for such a redemptive plan. Why would we doubt the second coming when only half the time has passed when compared to the time before His first coming? The Lord has never failed in one promise He has made, and you can be more certain that the world will pass away before God would fail to keep the promise of His coming again. You can either scoff as they did in the days prior to the flood, or you can entrust your soul to the God who cannot lie or fail in any promise. As for me and my house...…         Other Articles by Terry Benton If You Pray For Someone Make His Paths Straight Deciding on Perspective Body Versus Soul They Hated Me First Subjective Spirit Leading The Pharisee Shield Review of Radical Restoration Chapter 1 These Things Became Our Examples The Fall and the Rising     For Past Auburn Beacons go to: www.aubeacon.com/Bulletins.htm   Anyone can join the mailing list for the Auburn Beacon! Send your request to: larryrouse@aubeacon.com