Remember that one of the signs of the last days is scoffers

[BillCody]

Just remember one of signs among many today are scoffers. And some good chapters to read to stay grounded are 2 Timothy 3:14-17,2 Peter 3 and Jude 1

 

[Lost4words]

Always have been scoffers. Always will be.

 

[Hammster]

Just remember one of signs among many today are scoffers. And some good chapters to read to stay grounded are 2 Timothy 3:14-17,2 Peter 3 and Jude 1

It was. There were many scoffers in the first century.

 

[Original Happy Camper]

Just remember one of signs among many today are scoffers. And some good chapters to read to stay grounded are 2 Timothy 3:14-17,2 Peter 3 and Jude 1

Matthew 7:13-14 King James Version

13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Just remember one of signs among many today are scoffers. And some good chapters to read to stay grounded are 2 Timothy 3:14-17,2 Peter 3 and Jude 1

Yeah, these are good ones. There are a lot of scoffers today,even here. But Lord Jesus said when you see all of these signs look up. So be encouraged.

 

[chevyontheriver]

Just remember one of signs among many today are scoffers. And some good chapters to read to stay grounded are 2 Timothy 3:14-17,2 Peter 3 and Jude 1

Lots of scoffers here.

 

[Jipsah]

Just remember one of signs among many today are scoffers. And some good chapters to read to stay grounded are 2 Timothy 3:14-17,2 Peter 3 and Jude 1

And everyone with their own crackpot eschatological notions accuses everyone else of being one of those "scoffers". So here's a flash - scoffing at ridiculous End Times ideas (anything including Spacemen and Flying Saucers, omnipotent mainframe computers, patently impossible "technologies", or similar rubbish) ought to be scoffed at.

Our Lord is going to return, end of. Most of us confess that as truth every time we go to church. Saying that any particular, or peculiar, set of beliefs associated with that fact is nonsense is not scoffing at the idea of our Lord's return, it's simply a rejection of someone's opinion.

Sadly, too many people can't manage to separate their own personal beliefs from what the Scripture explcitly says. Thus they see a rejection of anything they believe, however ridiculous it may be, as a rejection of the Word. That in itself is ridiculous.

 

[Jipsah]

Always have been scoffers. Always will be.

Lots of folks offering up ideas that beg to be scoffed at.

 

[Hammster]

And everyone with their own crackpot eschatological notions accuses everyone else of being one of those "scoffers".

Postmil doesn’t.

 

[Jipsah]

Lots of scoffers here.

And nothing that ought to be scoffed at, right? Not "aliens", not "Blue Beam", not "New Earth on Mars", not "the Beast is Trump/Biden/Putin/Obama/Solana/the Pope...", not "I know precisely when our Lord will return", ad infinitum. All "Plain Teaching of Scripture" hereabouts, right?

 

[chevyontheriver]

And nothing that ought to be scoffed at, right? Not "aliens", not "Blue Beam", not "New Earth on Mars", not "the Beast is Trump/Biden/Putin/Obama/Solana/the Pope...", not "I know precisely when our Lord will return", ad infinitum. All "Plain Teaching of Scripture" hereabouts, right?

Whatever.

 

[keras]

2 Peter 3:3-4 In the last days, scoffers will come – scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say: Where is this ‘coming’ He promised? Our fathers have been laid to rest, but still everything goes on as it always has done.

This is a question posed by sceptics, put so as to ridicule, by those who have not entered into the experience of believing in and trusting the Lord Jesus.

We Christian believers may well ask; Why does Jesus delay His Return? We await His coming and sometimes get impatient. But we can be confident that this delay is not due to some kind of mix up. God is sovereign; when everything that needs to be accomplished before His Return, is done – then He will come.

2 Peter 3:5-7 When they say this, they forget that God created the universe and the first civilisation on earth was destroyed by a great flood. Scripture says that the present heavens and earth are reserved for burning, until the Day of judgement, when the godless will be destroyed.

Atheists, evolutionists and just simply apathetic people, deny or ignore the obvious fact that something does not come out of nothing; there has to be a Creator.

The reality of the Flood is proved by the geological record and ancient writings.


2 Peter 3:8-9 Dear friends, do not forget; in the Lord’s sight, 1 day is like 1000 years. The Lord is not slow in keeping His promises, He is patient. It is not His will that any be lost, but that all should come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:10-13 The Day of the Lord will come unexpectedly. On that Day, the heavens will dissolve with a roar and flames, then the earth and all those in it will be brought to judgement. Since this will happen, you must live holy and dedicated lives, as you look forward to the renewal of the heavens and earth, where justice will be established.

This passage may allude to Revelation 21, at the end of the Millennium and is often thought to relate to the Return of Jesus, but careful study shows it is neither.

There are many prophecies about the Day of the Lord’s vengeance and wrath, yet to be fulfilled – which don’t fit this Revelation 21 scenario, or the Return, therefore what Peter is prophesying about is the next event on this earth. The descriptions of the Day of the Lord, are of a soon to happen cleansing of the earth, with earthquakes and fire, which will cleanse the Holy Land and destroy His enemies. Revelation 6:12-17, Isaiah 63:1-6, Isaiah 30:26, Joel 2:1-11, Deuteronomy 32:34-43, Psalms 18:7-15, Isaiah 2:12-22.

This will enable the fulfilment of the many prophecies that say how the Lord’s faithful people will gather in all of the area Promised to their spiritual forefathers, and is the beginning of events leading up to the Return of Jesus Christ in His glory. NOW, we look forward to a renewed [cleansed] heaven and earth and the establishment of justice.

In the new nation of Beulah: Isaiah 62:1-5, Isaiah 35:1-10, Zechariah 8:1-13, Ezekiel 34:11-16.

2 Peter 3:17-18 So, dear friends, you have been forewarned. Take care that you do not let anyone seduce you with their errors, hold on to your faith. Grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and saviour, Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, both now and for eternity!
Reference: Revised English Bible. Verses abridged.

 

[BillCody]

2 Peter 3:3-4 In the last days, scoffers will come – scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say: Where is this ‘coming’ He promised? Our fathers have been laid to rest, but still everything goes on as it always has done.

This is a question posed by sceptics, put so as to ridicule, by those who have not entered into the experience of believing in and trusting the Lord Jesus.

This is a question posed by sceptics (unbelievers), put so as to ridicule, by those who have not entered into the experience of believing in and trusting the Lord Jesus (unbelievers). Really ??

This is why I'm saying that you should stop writing about things you clearly do not understand.

 

[keras]

This is a question posed by sceptics (unbelievers), put so as to ridicule, by those who have not entered into the experience of believing in and trusting the Lord Jesus (unbelievers). Really ??

This is why I'm saying that you should stop writing about things you clearly do not understand.

Really.
Just as most thinking people understand those who reject the Prophetic Word.

2 Peter 1:1-7 is a clear warning to us that the Lord, who punished the unbelieving world before, is going to do it again, this time by fire.

 

[claninja]

Just remember one of signs among many today are scoffers. And some good chapters to read to stay grounded are 2 Timothy 3:14-17,2 Peter 3 and Jude 1

Jude 1 is a great example of first century scoffers fulfilling the predictions of the apostles.

These scoffers had already crept into the first century church:

Jude 1:4 4For certain people have crept in (past tense) unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation

They were presently amongst the first century church as hidden reefs and were the grumblers following their own desires.

Jude 1:12-14 12These are (present tense) hidden reefse at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; 13wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

16These are (present tense) grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.

“these” were those, who were presently amongst the first century church, who the apostles had predicted would come:

Jude 1:17-19 17But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18Theyf said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” 19It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.

These, amongst the first century church, are those that Enoch prophesied about when Christ would come to execute judgement.

Jude 1:14 14It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

 

[parousia70]

Jude 1 is a great example of first century scoffers fulfilling the predictions of the apostles.

These scoffers had already crept into the first century church:

Jude 1:4 4For certain people have crept in (past tense) unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation

They were presently amongst the first century church as hidden reefs and were the grumblers following their own desires.

Jude 1:12-14 12These are (present tense) hidden reefse at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; 13wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

16These are (present tense) grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.

“these” were those, who were presently amongst the first century church, who the apostles had predicted would come:

Jude 1:17-19 17But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18Theyf said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” 19It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.

These, amongst the first century church, are those that Enoch prophesied about when Christ would come to execute judgement.

Jude 1:14 14It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Indeed. The entire Book of Jude is nothing less than the aposolic confirmation of the then present arrival and fulfillment of the "Falling Away" that Paul warned the Thessalonians to watch for (2 Thessalonains 2:3)

 

[parousia70]

But Lord Jesus said when you see all of these signs look up. So be encouraged.

Yes, He Said "Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” (Luke 21:28)

Of course Everybody Knows Jesus is God, and as such does not reckon time the way Men do, so what is Near to God is still thousands of years away to Men (1 Peter 3:8)

Once these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads because your redemption is thousands of years away "near".

Everyone knows this.

 

[BillCody]

Jude 1 is a great example of first century scoffers fulfilling the predictions of the apostles.

These scoffers had already crept into the first century church:

Jude 1:4 4For certain people have crept in (past tense) unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation

They were presently amongst the first century church as hidden reefs and were the grumblers following their own desires.

Jude 1:12-14 12These are (present tense) hidden reefse at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; 13wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

16These are (present tense) grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.

“these” were those, who were presently amongst the first century church, who the apostles had predicted would come:

Jude 1:17-19 17But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18Theyf said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” 19It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.

These, amongst the first century church, are those that Enoch prophesied about when Christ would come to execute judgement.

Jude 1:14 14It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

Since you keep saying first century church. You must mean this part from 2 Peter 3:3-4 for since the fathers fell asleep meaning the first century church fathers

 

[Hammster]

Since you keep saying first century church. You must mean this part from 2 Peter 3:3-4 for since the fathers fell asleep meaning the first century church fathers

Like Peter?

 

[Gottservant]

Sadly there is scoffing, even in the Church.

Our ideology is rife with expectations of purity, that men do not practice.

But the Lord turns them away, that His Song not diminish.