DEC 30

2 Peter 3:1-14
Memorise Hebrews 9:27-28
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise”

Some of us Christians may be asking: “The Lord said He will return to take us home. Did He forget His promise?” God will not and cannot forget His promises. One of the most assuring words of Scripture is the word “Remember”. It is used many times in the Old Testament with reference to God. It is a covenantal word. God has made many promises to His covenant people: to Israel and to the Church, and He kept reminding His people that He will keep His promises (2 Peter 3:9, 13). We can be sure of Jesus’ return simply because He has promised to return. God will keep His covenant promises. John Calvin has rightly said that God is more interested in keeping His promises than in making them.

It has already been 2,000 years since Jesus made His promise to return. We have already entered the new millennium. Why has Jesus not returned yet? The answer is in 2 Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, no willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”. Christ has not returned yet, not because he is tardy, or has forgotten about us. He is giving men a chance to repent and turn to the Lord! He is waiting patiently for all His elect to come to the saving knowledge of Him, before he comes to judge this world a final time.

The promise to return to redeem His own and to finally destroy the impenitent was not made once or twice but many times in the Scriptures. The Lord Jesus Christ meant every word that He had said, and would carry out what He had predicted and promised.

Are you ready for the Lord’s return? If you have yet to believe in Christ for your salvation, I pray you might believe in Him right now.

Thought: Christ will return soon to destroy this world. Will you be there when that happens?

Prayer: Lord, save me from the destruction to come.