The "Scoffers" Part

Central to the heart of the Christian Faith is the teaching that Jesus Christ will “come again”.  Allusions to this tenet of faith, though most in a denigrating form, abound to this day.  Anticipating this condition, St. Peter said scoffers would come in the last days saying, “Where is the promise of His coming?  For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation” (II Peter 3:4).

Such scoffers, he continues, willfully forget that there was a flood interrupting the order of things and that we need to be reminded that “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (II Peter 3:9).

Were Jesus Christ to return right this moment, great multitudes would be turned into an eternity without God.  But the missionary/evangelism enterprise is moving forward with great energy in many nations.  The ultimate goal of this effort is to preach the “Kingdom of “God” (see article: ‘”Gospel of Kingdom’ Preaching Will Precipitate Christ’s Return [2/14/15]).  The ultimate goal of this effort is to preach the “Kingdom of God” to every ethnic group on the face of the earth then the end will come.

The end of this present phase of history, known as the “Gentile Period”, a period during which the promises of God, previously given exclusively to the Jews, have been enjoyed by the Gentiles (non-Jews) is probably far nearer than any of us dare dream. 

Do not be lulled into sleep thinking that things will always continue as they are, for they shall not.  The point being to address your souls to God with some awareness that He is far more ready to do business with us than we are with Him.