All things past, present, and future, are ever before him: the delay of a thousand years cannot be so much to him, as putting off any thing for a day or for an hour is to us. Though, in the account of men, there is a vast difference between one day and a thousand years, yet, in the account of God, there is no difference. Christians are here taught and established in the truth of the coming of the Lord. This is as sure to come, as the truth and the power of God can make it. The heavens and the earth which now are, by the same word, it is declared, will be destroyed by fire. Verses 5-10 Had these scoffers considered the dreadful vengeance with which God swept away a whole world of ungodly men at once, surely they would not have scoffed at his threatening an equally terrible judgment.
What he never has done, they fancy he never can do, or never will do. Because they see no changes, therefore they fear not God, ( Psalms 55:19 ). One very principal article of our faith refers to what only has a promise to rest upon, and scoffers will attack it till our Lord is come.
There will be scoffers in the last days, under the gospel, men who make light of sin, and mock at salvation by Jesus Christ. Verses 1-4 The purified minds of Christians are to be stirred up, that they may be active and lively in the work of holiness. (5-10) From thence is inferred the need for holiness, and stedfastness in the faith. (1-4) He will appear unexpectedly, when the present frame of nature will be dissolved by fire. The design here is to remind of Christ's final coming to judgement.
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