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Advent 1 - Thursday
By Pat Lee | December 4, 2008
Thursday December 4, 2008
Wintering
Scripture Reading: 2 Peter 3: 8-18
Scripture Verse: “With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day” 2 Peter 3:8
We who live in Eastern Ontario are well-aware of winters. Sometimes they seem like they will never end. And that’s the problem many have with the Second Coming. It has been a long time since Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem. Two thousand years have passed and the Master has not returned.
The second letter of Peter was written to those who had given up hope in the second coming. Peter not only reminded them that with the Lord a thousand years are like one day, he also told them the reason for the delay: the Lord “is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
The delay, writes Peter is for the sake of those who have organised their lives without God, who treat the love of God made known to us in Jesus as if it doesn’t matter. The impetus of our church “proclaiming the good news of God in Christ” is so that people (including ourselves) may repent and believe in the good news that God loves all people equally.
For the Second Coming will occur even as winter will pass. The seed for next summer’s wheat is already in the ground. The buds for next spring’s leaves are already on the bushes. God promises that His day is also coming. His will really will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Prayer: Lord God, help us to proclaim the good news and reach out to others with you love.
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