2 Peter 3:5

The Redeemer’s Return THE SIGNS OF THE REDEEMER’S RETURN Chapter 6 "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." Luke 21:28 AS we have shown in the last chapter, the apostles and their converts looked for Christ to return in th... Read More

Chapter six. It came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took unto them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit will not always strive with man... Read More

INTRODUCTION TO 2 PETER 3 In this chapter the apostle makes mention of the end and design of his writing this second epistle; foretells that there would be scoffers at the coming of Christ in the last days; describes the coming of Christ and the burning of the world; and closes with the use saints s... Read More

Ver. 13. Nevertheless we, according to his promise,.... Or promises, as the Alexandrian copy, and the Vulgate Latin version; namely those in Isa 65:17; look for new heavens and a new earth; not figuratively, the world to come in distinction from the Jewish world or state; a new church state, the Gos... Read More

Ver. 7. But the heavens and the earth which are now,.... In being, in distinction from, and opposition to the heavens that were of old, and the earth standing in and out of the water, and the world that then was when the waters of the flood overflowed it: by the same word are kept in store; that is,... Read More

The CAUSE OF GOD AND TRUTH. Part 4 Chapter 1—Of Predestination Section 1—Clemens Romanus. A.D. 69. Clement of Rome, lived in the times of the apostles, and is, by Clement of Alexandria,[1] called an apostle. He is thought by some[2] to be the same Clement the apostle Paul speaks of, in Philippians 4... Read More

A Body of PRACTICAL Divinity Book 1—Chapter 3 OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD Since the knowledge of God and of divine things is a part and branch of true godliness, or of experimental religion, and a very essential one too, it is first to be considered; for without it there can be no good disposition in th... Read More

A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 7—Chapter 7 OF THE NEW HEAVENS AND EARTH, and the Inhabitants of them. We have seen the world laid in ashes; and now we shall take a view of it as rising out of them. The eastern people had a tale, or fable, concerning a bird, called the "phoenix;" which many writer... Read More

A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 3—Chapter 4 OF THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD. The next external work of God is "Providence"; by which all the creatures God has made are preserved, governed, guided, and directed. The word itself is never used of the divine Being syllabically, or in so many syllables in scr... Read More

MEMORISE: ‘Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh “ (Matt 24:44) READ: 2 Peter 3:1-14 Christianity in biblical days used to be exciting and challenging. People feared to offend God and when they did, they lost their peace and became restless until they ... Read More