I
wouldn’t want to be on that elevator, would you? When that door
closes that elevator will be one very dangerous place. Until then,
people seem to be just accepting the status quo, oblivious to the
pending doom that awaits them. Sound familiar? Today, people live as
though there is no God. Sin is rampant and there is a pervasive
attitude among the general population that a person can do whatever
they want and there will be NO CONSEQUENCES, WHATSOEVER.
Sooner
or later, though, God will meet out judgment and then there will no
longer be any hope of escape. The apostle Peter has written…
2
Peter 3 ( World
English
Bible )
2Pe 3:1, This is now, beloved,
the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I
stir up your sincere mind by reminding you;
2Pe 3:2, that you should
remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and
the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:
2Pe 3:3, knowing this
first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their
own lusts,
2Pe 3:4, and saying, “Where
is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell
asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the
creation.”
2Pe 3:5, For this they
willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth
formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God;
2Pe 3:6, by which means the
world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.
2Pe 3:7, But the heavens that
now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for
fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of
ungodly men.
2Pe 3:8, But don’t forget
this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day.
2Pe 3:9, The Lord is not slow
concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with
us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance.
2Pe 3:10, But the day of the
Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will
pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with
fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be
burned up.
2Pe 3:11, Therefore
since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of
people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,
2Pe 3:12, looking for and
earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the
burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with
fervent heat?
2Pe 3:13, But, according to
his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which
righteousness dwells.
2Pe 3:14, Therefore,
beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to
be found in peace, without blemish and blameless in his sight.
2Pe 3:15, Regard the patience
of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also,
according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;
2Pe 3:16, as also in all of
his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are
some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and
unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their
own destruction.
2Pe 3:17, You
therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand,
beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you
fall from your own steadfastness.
2Pe 3:18, But grow in the
grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be
the glory both now and forever. Amen.
Do
not be deceived, God will judge all the world in HIS OWN TIME. When
HE does there will be no escape and the world will be made anew. Not
a pleasant thought for those living in opposition to God’s will.
For those who follow him faithfully, continue doing so and trust in
God to make everything right in God’s own time. See also 2
Thessalonians 1:1-11.
Until
he does, wait for those elevator doors of this world to close and
watch what the Lion of the tribe of Judah will do.