5 Jul 2012
II Peter 3:8-9
II Peter 3:8: “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
People often wonder: why has Jesus waited so long to return? After all, He has been gone almost two thousand years. Why the long delay? Here Peter gives us the answer. The Lord has tarried because He is “not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”.
The Lord has waited so that many (including myself) could be saved. (Aren’t you glad He waited for you?) During the past two millennia countless people have come to know the Lord – people who would never have even been born if Jesus had returned in 100 AD.
Jesus will not wait forever, though. The day will come (and is rapidly approaching!) when the wait will end and the Lord will come for His Bride. But for now He has tarried.