DEC 29

2 Peter 3:1-14
Memorise Gen 6:5-13
“the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished”

The Bible also contains many prophecies with regard to the 2nd coming of Christ. If all the prophecies of Jesus’ 1st coming have all come to pass, we can be very sure that all prophecies concerning His 2nd coming will also come to pass. At Christmas time we do not just remember His 1st coming, we want to remind ourselves too of His 2nd coming. Never doubt God or the Bible. Never laugh at God when He says that the world will end one day, or that Christ will return. God will most certainly have the last laugh. While you have time, you want to make peace with God, and be reconciled to Him. It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Believe on Christ today!

We know that the world will be destroyed one day because the world had already gone through a worldwide cataclysm in the Genesis Flood. In 2 Peter 3:5-7, we have the assurance of a biblical and historical precedent.

The certainty of a future worldwide judgment and destruction is confirmed by a historical and global cataclysm in the Genesis Flood. The scoffers of today are like those in the days of Noah. Noah was a preacher of righteousness. He warned the wicked people in his day to repent; God was going to send a great flood to destroy them if they did not. The rains will come and everything will be under water. As he preached, he built the ark. Now, in those days there was no rain (Genesis 2:5). That the whole earth could be flooded was inconceivable. The people all laughed and scoffed at Noah and his family. For a hundred years, Noah preached, and the ark steadily took shape. No one would repent. They all scoffed at the preaching of Noah until the day God shut the door of the ark. That day, water from above, and water from below drowned the whole earth. All scoffers were destroyed. The scoffers today will suffer the same fate if they do not repent. God had destroyed the world by water the first time. He will destroy the world one more time, and this time it will be by fire. Those who laughed at Noah laughed no more when the Flood came. Do not laugh at God when He says that the world will be destroyed by fire one day. We can be sure that He will have the last laugh. If we want to besaved, we must repent today!

Thought: The Scout’s motto, “Be prepared,” is a good one to adopt.

Prayer: Lord, help me to be prepared always for Thy coming.