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Second Peter 3:1-18

Peter continues by referring to his first letter, generally known today as First Peter, and he again addresses the holy-people as loved1 (refer to I or II Peter chapter 1 for an explanation of “love1”).

II Peter 3:1-4:

3:1Already I write to you, loved-people1, this second letter, in which (letters) I throughly-raise-up your genuine mind-process in remembrance, .2(for you) to be caused-to-remember the spoken-matters having been said-beforehand2 by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior (by) your apostles;
.3firstly knowing this that deriders will come on (the) last days in derision journeying according to their own intense-yearnings .4and saying, “Where is the promise of his presence, for from which the fathers were caused-to-sleep thus all-things throughly-remain from (the) beginning of creation?”

By this time I am writing this second letter to you, loved-people1 (beloved, truly you are loved by God and by myself with God’s kind of love)…

[Reference: Genesis 3:15; Acts 2:17, 3:21, 13:36 and 47; I Corinthians 14:37, 15:23; Ephesians 2:20, 3:5; II Timothy 3:1; Hebrews 11:39 and 40; James 5:3; I Peter 1:4, 2:11, 4:12; II Peter 1:13, 16, 20 and 21, 2:10, 20 and 21; Jude 1:17 and 18.]

Verses 5-7:

.5For this is un-noticed intentionally by-them that (the) heavens used-to-be from-old and (the) earth (used-to-be) having stood-together2 with the word of God from water and by means of water, .6by means of which (waters) the then world having been flooded with water destroyed-itself; .7but now the heavens and the earth with the same word are having been treasured2 being kept into (the) day of judgment and destruction of not-reverential men with fire.

In truth, this is intentionally not noticed by them (it by-passes their minds’ knowledge, escapes their notice willingly) that…

[Reference: Genesis 1:6-10, 6:17, 7:11, chapters 7 and 8, 9:11-15; Psalm 24:1 and 2, 136:5 and 6; Matthew 3:12, 13:40-42, 24:38 and 39; Romans 8:19-21; I Corinthians 3:13-15; Philippians 3:17-21; II Thessalonians 1:5-10; Hebrews 1:10-12, 10:39, 11:7, 12:29; James 5:3; I Peter 3:20; II Peter 2:1-6 and 9; Revelation chapter 20 and 21:8.]

Verses 8 and 9:

.8But this one-thing must not be un-noticed by-you, loved-people1, that one day with (the) Lord (is) as a thousand years and a thousand years (is) as one day. .9(The) Lord is not slow of promise as some-people lead (their minds to regard) slowness but He is patient into you, not deliberately-determining some-people to destroy-themselves but all-people to make-space into repentance.

It is imperative that this one fact/truth does not by-pass your minds’ knowledge (escape your notice), loved-people1 (as verse 1 above), that…

The Lord is not slow pertaining to the promise (God does not delay in implementing the fulfillment of the proclamation or declaration of the message of His intention)

…but on the contrary, God is patient into you (long-suffering, long-tempered, He has long-forbearance for you)…

[Reference: Psalm 90:4; I Timothy 2:1-4; Hebrews 6:4-6.]

Verses 10-13:

.10But (the) day of (the) Lord will have-come as a thief in which the heavens with a rushing-roar will go-by but rudiments burning will be loosened and (the) earth and the works in it will be found. .11(During) all these-things thus being loosened, what-quality-people is it necessary to begin-to-be in holy behaviors and reverences, .12expecting and hastening the presence of the day of God because-of which (the) heavens being set-on-fire will be loosened and (the) rudiments burning are melted! .13But we expect (the) new heavens and (the) new earth according to His promise in which righteousness dwells-down.

The day of the Lord will be in the state of having come (at a future time it will definitely have arrived) as a thief (in comparison to how a person who steals by fraud or in secret, a kleptomaniac comes to his target)….

The day of the Lord refers to that time commencing with the coming and presence of Christ to gather together the church, as taught by Paul in I Thessalonians chapter 4, and will continue with the wrath portion and end with Christ handing the kingdom over to God his Father. At the exact-moment that the Lord Jesus Christ will come then begins his day, referring to his time (not just one 24-hour period) when he will exercise and demonstrate the fullness of his lordship and authority and strength and ability to/before all people and spirits in heaven and earth (excluding God Himself of course). Nobody or no spirit will be able to stop him; he will be carrying out God's will!

The Lord Jesus Christ is not being likened to a thief, but the day of the Lord comes in a manner as a thief comes. In what manner does a thief come? First of all, nobody is aware of what chronological day/night he will come, because the thief does not make this information known. Secondly, nobody knows the specific time of his coming during the day/night he chooses to come, because the thief does not make this information known either. Therefore, nobody can truthfully say, "The thief will come at 10:30 on Tuesday night, so I will lock everything up at 10:15 on Tuesday night and be prepared and ready for his coming"! Nor can anyone see a thief coming and therefore cannot truthfully say, "I see him coming in the distance, he is definitely on his way here at this very moment, so let us prepare quickly"! The timing of the day of the Lord coming is under the authority of the only true God; He will give the Lord Jesus Christ the 'go-ahead' when that time comes.

The day of the Lord will have-come as a thief…

While all these-things are presently being loosened in this manner (the loosening has already begun and is currently in progress, but these things have not become fully loose yet because the Lord Jesus Christ will gather together his church of holy-people first to begin the day of the Lord)…

But we are presently and actively expecting (waiting for the arrival of)…

First/old heavens and earth – Genesis 1:1 to Genesis chapters 7 and 8 (refer to II Peter 3:5 and 6).

Second/current heavens and earth – Genesis 8 to the end of Revelation 20 (refer to II Peter 3:7-10).

Third/future heavens and earth – Revelation 21:1 onwards (refer to II Peter 3:13).

[Reference: Psalm 97:5, 102:25 and 26; Isaiah 34:4; Matthew 5:17 and 18, and chapters 24 and 25; Acts 2:16-21, 3:21; Romans 2:5 and 16, 8:19-22; I Corinthians 3:15, 15:23-28 and 51-58; II Corinthians 12:2; Ephesians 1:10; Philippians 3:20; I Thessalonians 4:13 – 5:11; II Thessalonians 1:6-10, 2:2-12; Hebrews 4:14, 6:7 and 8, 10:35-39, 11:9 and 10; I Peter 1:15; Revelation 6:12-14, 16:14, 21:1 onwards. Chart ]

Verses 14-16:

.14On-which-account, loved-people1, expecting these-things you must be earnestly-diligent to be found spotless-people and people-without-blemish by him in peace, .15and you must lead (your minds to regard) the patience of our Lord (to be) salvation, according as also our loved1 brother Paul according to the wisdom having been given to him wrote to you, .16as also in all epistles uttering-forth in them concerning these-things, in which some-things are hard-to-mentally-perceive, which the unlearned-people and not-set-fast-people twist as also the remaining writings towards their own destruction.

On account of what is written so-far in this letter, loved-people1 (as verses 1 and 8 above)…

[Reference: Romans 2:4, 8:19-21, and chapter 11; I Corinthians 1:30, 2:7 and 13, 12:8; II Corinthians 4:3-6, 5:10; Ephesians 1:17, 3:5; Philippians 2:15; Colossians 1:28, 2:3; I Timothy 6:3; Hebrews 5:11; James 1:5, 3:17; I Peter 1:19, 2:2, 3:18-22, 5:12; II Peter 1:10, 2:1-3, 13 and 14.]

Verses 17 and 18:

.17Therefore you, loved-people1, knowing-beforehand must keep-watch in order that you may not fall-from (your) own setting-fast having been led-away-together with (the) wandering of the rejecters; .18but you must increase in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ – to him (is) the glory both now and into (the) day of (the) age, with-certainty.

Following-on logically from what is written above, emphatically you…

…but it is imperative that you presently and actively increase (augment, be continually growing, expanding)…

[Reference: II Corinthians 3:18; Ephesians 4:15; Philippians 3:10 and 21; Colossians 1:27, 3:4; II Timothy 4:18; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 2:7 and 9, 5:6, 6:20, 7:24; James 2:1; I Peter 1:11 and 21, 2:2, 5:1 and 4, 4:13; II Peter 1:12, 2:7 and 18. Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (2) immediately following them indicate the "perfect" tense - details are provided in the "Relevant Notes" link of this study.]


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