The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Peter 3:3-4; 10-11, “Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, 4 and saying, ‘Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation…’

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the Earth and its works will be burned up.

11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness…?”

I don’t remember hearing much about the Coming of the LORD when I was a kid. I cannot remember ever hearing a sermon from the Book of Revelation. The pastors I remember were not really educated men. It was not their fault; they just didn’t know how to properly study God’s Word. And some things in the Bible are very difficult to discern!

Peter himself was not an educated man. Remember, he was only a fisherman. The only biblical education he had came from Jesus; yet Jesus Himself was the Master Teacher! But when pastors and teachers do not understand the

Bible, they avoid teaching things they do not understand, and the rest of us grow up not understanding, too. Peter is clear in saying that “mockers” (empaiktes, unbelievers, including false teachers) will say, Everything’s just like it has been for many and many a year. When, if ever, is He coming?

Peter knew that patience is required to catch fish; so also, patience is required with regard to the Coming of the LORD. And when He comes, you will KNOW IT!! His righteous judgment will fall upon the whole Earth and even the heavens above. Intense heat will consume the Earth and everything man has built for himself. We cannot stop what God has decreed He will do; but we can live holy and godly lives until He comes for us before He destroys all He has made! A man may build a house and, for some reason, choose to destroy it. But, a loving parent will not allow his children to be consumed in the flames. So it is with Jesus! His judgment is not for His children; it is for those who have mocked Him, His Word, and His provision for man’s salvation. Live righteously! He could come at any moment.

We pray earnestly every day for you,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”