DEC 28

2 Peter 3:1-14
Memorise Luke 24:25-27
“Where is the promise of his coming?”

How can we be sure that Jesus will return? We know for certain that Christ will return and that the world will end one day because of these three divine assurances.

First, we have the assurance of prophecy (2 Peter 3:1-2). One quarter of the Bible is prophecy. The Bible contains many prophecies concerning Christ’s 1st coming, as well as His 2nd coming. Consider the prophecies of Christ’s 1st coming: In Genesis 3:15, God promised that a Saviour will appear one day from the seed of a woman, and will crush the serpent’s head. In Genesis 17, God revealed that this Saviour will come from the seed of Abraham. In 2 Samuel 7:14, we are told that He will be a King from the line of David who will sit on his father’s throne. In Isaiah 7:14, it is clearly revealed that this Son will be virgin born, and is God Himself - Immanuel. In Micah 5:2, we are told specifically the city in which He would be born—Bethlehem. In Isaiah 53, it is prophesied that He will suffer and die for the sins of His people. I can go on and on for a 127 times. There are 127 prophecies in the Bible concerning Christ’s first coming, and all have been fulfilled to the jot and tittle. History attests to the fact that Jesus did come, and Scripture affirms that He was born of a virgin, lived a perfect, sinless life, and as a Lamb without spot and blemish, died a sacrificial death on the cross, shed His precious blood to redeem you and me from sin. He was buried, but on the third day, rose again from the grave, appeared to His disciples over a period of 40 days, and then ascended to heaven and is now sitting at the right hand of God, waiting for His Father’s timing to send Him back to earth, this time to judge it.

If all these prophecies of the 1st coming of Christ were fulfilled so exactly, can we not with full certainty and confidence expect the same of the Lord’s 2nd coming?

Thought: God is all-knowing.

Prayer: O Father in heaven, I eagerly await the fulfilment of Thy prophecies concerning Christ’s return.