The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

2 Peter 3:3-10, “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.”

5 For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

6 through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.

7 But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

8 But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.

9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

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.”

The Scriptures contain some strange events that will take place in the Earth’s last days. If we look carefully at happenings in our current time, we can see things similar to what the Bible describes. Of course, there are always some who view things “as they always were.” And it is they who cry, “Where is the promise of His coming?” Yet, the Scriptures say that what is coming has already been prophetically foretold.

Read the passage above very carefully. “Do not let this one fact escape your notice,” it says. The LORD does not measure time as we do. In fact, with Him there is no such thing as time. Everything is a measureless, eternal presence. That’s difficult to assess, I know. It stretches our thought processes almost into another dimension. Time itself would not exist if there were no heavenly lights. In the far northland, darkness reigns supreme. Light is scarce; it peeks through the darkness for a few short hours; then it’s dark again. Be alert! Darkness is coming! So is Jesus!

Heartily in Christ,

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

United States of America

“We will never know that Christ is all we need, until He becomes all that we have.” –Corrie ten Boom