Above all, you must understand that
in the last days scoffers will come,
scoffing and following their own evil desires.

2 Peter 3:3 (NIV) Edouard Moyse, “Le Grand Sanhedrin”, 1868

They will say,
“Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?
Ever since our ancestors died,
everything goes on
as it has since the beginning of creation.”

2 Peter 3:4 (NIV)

Complacency of Continuity

• Legalism / pride: up to us to save the world
• Lusts: indulge own desires (Jude 1:18-19)
• Laziness: when Master is away (Mt 24:45-51)

Caleb George

In the last time there will be scoffers,
following their own ungodly passions.

It is these who cause divisions,
worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.

Jude 1:18-19 (ESV) Dan Edwards

Who then is the faithful and wise servant,
whom the master has put in charge
of the servants in his household … ?

It will be good for that servant
whose master finds him doing so
when he returns.

Matthew 24:45-46 (NIV) (p.1/3)

Salomon Koninck, “Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard”
Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. 1648.

But suppose that servant is wicked
and says to himself,
‘My master is staying away a long time,’

and he then begins to beat his fellow servants
and to eat and drink with drunkards.

Matthew 24:48-49 (NIV) (p.2/3)

The master of that servant will come
on a day when he does not expect him
and at an hour he is not aware of.

Matthew 24:50 (NIV) (p.3/3)

But they deliberately forget
that long ago by God’s word

the heavens came into being
and the earth was formed
out of water and by water.

2 Peter 3:5a (NIV) Savoie, France. Thomas Tixtaaz

By God’s word the heavens came into being
and the earth was formed

2 Peter 3:5b (NIV)

By these waters also the world of that time
was deluged and destroyed.

2 Peter 3:6 (NIV) Hans Braxmeier

Whenever …
the rainbow appears in the clouds,

I will remember my covenant
between me and you …

Never again will the waters
become a flood to destroy all life.

Genesis 9:14-15 (NIV) © James Wheeler, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

By the same word
the present heavens and earth

are reserved for fire,
being kept for the day of judgment
and destruction of the ungodly.

2 Peter 3:7 (NIV) NASA

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends:
With the Lord a day is like a thousand years,
and a thousand years are like a day.

2 Peter 3:8 (NIV) ESO. Spiral galaxy NGC1232

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,
as some understand slowness.

Instead he is patient with you,
not wanting anyone to perish,
but everyone to come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:9 (NIV)

I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked,
but rather that they
turn from their ways and live.

Turn! Turn from your evil ways!
Why will you die, people of Israel?

Ezekiel 33:11 (NIV) © 2010 @bigbirdz, CC-BY 2.0

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief.

The heavens will disappear with a roar;
the elements will be destroyed by fire,

and the earth and everything done in it
will be laid bare.

2 Peter 3:10 (NIV) Ryan Hutton

… the elements will be destroyed by fire …

2 Peter 3:10 (NIV) Lisa Runnels

… and the earth and everything done in it
will be laid bare.

2 Peter 3:10 (NIV) Wilmer Edson

Since everything will be
destroyed in this way,
what kind of people ought you to be?

You ought to live holy and godly lives
as you look forward to the day of God
and speed its coming.

2 Peter 3:11-12 (NIV) Ben White

And will not God bring about
justice for his chosen ones,
who cry out to him day and night?
Will he keep putting them off?

Luke 18:7 (NIV) (p.1/2)

I tell you, he will see that
they get justice, and quickly.

However, when the Son of Man comes,
will he find faith on the earth?

Luke 18:8 (NIV) (p.2/2)