The Grands Letter (2 Pet/GLJ)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D. on October 10, 2021 5:34 am (CST)Dear Grands,
2 Peter 3:10-14, “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,
12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!
13 But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless…”
As a kid, I think I remember a friend of mine destroying a plaything. It was something I would dearly loved to have possessed. “Why did you tear it up,” I asked. His reply was that it was his and he cold do what he wanted with it. There is no argument with a thought like that!
This passage above tells us that the day is coming when the LORD will come secretly and suddenly cause the elements with which He constructed the heavens and earth to be destroyed. We live in a world populated by people both rich and poor. The rich want to get richer, and the poor seem to have no hope, except for getting poorer. Since the LORD was the Earth and heavens’ Creator, He has every right to destroy what is His.
The big question, however, doesn’t concern the “destruction of the elements,” but what sort of people you and I will be when it all takes place. We are urged to be holy in conduct and looking earnestly for the Day of His Coming! Those of us who are believers in our LORD Jesus Christ and trust implicitly in His Word, “are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.”
Remember when your favorite aunt and uncle were coming to visit? Your mother barely had to urge you to get yourself chean and put on clean clothes. Simon Peter urges us to get ready for the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ. “Be diligent,” Peter says, “to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless…” Is you life clean? Has it been cleansed by the Blood of Jesus Christ? That’s what it takes to be ready for His Coming. Pray to Him for forgiveness for your sins; trust Him thoroughly to cleanse you and make yourself ready to meet Him. His Coming may be closer than you think!
Heartily in Christ Jesus,
(Dado III)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America
“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom
