2 Peter 3:1-13, Last Things
The scoffers ask, therefore, if Jesus was going to return, shouldn’t have he returned by now? The writer (maybe quoting Peter) gives us two answers to this question – time and fire.
Prophets
The Revelation – Christ Victorious – Rev. 19
The judgment Jesus speaks is a warning of what the opposition will reap if they did not stop sowing seeds of rebellion. To reject Jesus’ words of life is to die. This image in Revelation is intended to be Christ’s last call for repentance.
The Revelation – The Meaning and Mystery of Wrath – Abraham Heschel, Pt. 1
God’s wrath is never spontaneous, irrational, and unpredictable but always is in reference to the behavior of humankind and motivated by God’s intimate concern for right and wrong.
The Revelation – The Two Beasts (666) – Rev. 13
The subordination of our religion to the State or the exchange of worshiping God for worshipping the State or something more sinister is always easier to see in others than in ourselves. The challenge is to have and to cultivate the self-awareness as to whom we are following.
The Revelation – The Seventh Seal – Rev. 8
The seven trumpets are part of the seventh seal. These trumpets announce God’s coming judgment and war against the forces of evil.
The Revelation – Oracles to the 7 Churches (pt.3) – Rev. 3
A book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and thought on his name. Mal. 3:16
The Revelation – Literary Genres
Revelation is an amalgamation of Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pastoral Letter.
Jonah 4 – The Unforgiving Prophet
In his wish for death, however, Jonah is simply stating the obvious that a refusal to change is a choice for death.
Jonah 3 – Repentance
It is the king of Nineveh and his subjects who fulfill the perfect fast of repentance as described in Isaiah 58:6.