There Will Be Scoffers

Meditation

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days, scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

(2 Peter 3:3-4)

It’s very difficult for most people, who are corporeal beings with relatively short lifespans, to see the big prophetic picture. They can only see what’s happening to them right at that moment in time. I used to think in much the same way. People are born, and when they reach adulthood, they get married and have children. Then, after they’ve lived an average of 75 years or so, they die. It looks to everyone like nothing has changed since the beginning of time and therefore, never ever will. They are basically, walking through life with blinders on. God’s Word is the lens they should be looking through because God sees all. From the beginning to the end.

They view the predictions of the second coming of Christ as some kind of pipe dream or escapism. They wouldn’t believe in the return of Jesus if he were suddenly standing right in front of them. They prefer instead to see this world as eternal, never changing. They like their lives and don’t want anyone or anything to get in the way of their good time. They are confident the men and women of science and technology will solve all the problems the world is facing today. Never mind that much of the worlds woes are linked to what science and technology have given us in the past. Yes, we in the West, live comfortable lives, but that could all disappear in a heartbeat if a rogue nation were to start a nuclear war.

The atheist make fun of and taunt believers. They persecute us, and do everything they can to make us look foolish. The end of the world, as we know it, has been prophesied by various scriptures for almost four thousand years. Because the scoffers are only able to see time through the window of their own lifespans, they can’t imagine a God who brings about his will for this world over thousands of years. Because the end hasn’t come yet, they think it never will come. God’s timing is not our timing and he will accomplish his will for this world in his own time. It is up to us to lovingly remind the scoffers they are ignorant of the truth of scripture in general and Last Day’s prophecies, in particular.

Prayer Time

Lord God you set the master plan for our redemption in motion while Adam and Eve were still in the Garden. You are the creator of everything, including time. Only you know the end from the beginning, because you are outside of time itself. Lord don’t let us listen to the naysayers and scoffers, who tell us you are not are not about to let your Wrath loose upon the earth. They do not have your perspective and cannot see the future. They refuse to see all the various signs that you give us in our natural world. They see your warning signs as constants that have been happening since the beginning and will continue forever, or billions more years, at least. We can see your prophetic clock is ticking down, which means they don’t have much time. Father soften their hearts and make them more receptive to the good news we have to share. Give us the courage, Lord, to speak your words of truth to them so they will know your peace. In the name above all other names, we pray. Amen!