The name of the message is the
day of the Lord, the day of the Lord. Second Peter chapter three. Or read verses one to 13. To get the context of our of
our text today. Second Peter chapter three verses
one to 13. This second epistle, beloved,
I write unto you in both which I stir up your pure minds by
way of remembrance. that ye may be mindful of the
words which were spoken before by the holy prophets and commandments
of the apostles and of the Lord and Savior, knowing this first,
that there shall come in the last days scoffers walking after
their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming?
For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were
from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant
of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old and the earth
standing out of the water and in the water, whereby the world
that then was being overflowed with water perished. But the
heavens and the earth, which are now by the same word are
kept in store, reserved under fire against the day of judgment
and perdition of ungodly men. But beloved, and remember, beloved
there is divinely loved ones, In the Greek, it's divinely loved
ones. That's what we are, as God's
people. We're the divinely loved ones. 2 Peter 3, verse 8. But beloved, be not ignorant
of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand
years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack
concerning his promises. Some mountain count slackness,
but is long-suffering to us-ward. The key in this verse here is
the us-ward. The us-ward are those who Peter's
been writing to, which is the elect of God. not willing that
any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. So
God is not willing that any of his elect should perish, but
that they would all come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night, in the which the heavens shall
pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat, the earth also, and the works that are therein
shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things
shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in
holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hastening unto
the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens, being on
fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat. Nevertheless, we, according to his promise, look
for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness."
Now, beloved, last week we looked at verses 8 and 9 in our study
in this epistle written by Peter to the elect of God. Those who
are scattered about Pontius, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and
Bithynia, which is what Peter wrote in 1st Peter, in 1st Peter
chapter one, that those were the saints that he was writing
to. We see here that this is the second letter that he's writing
to them. So let's read verses eight and nine. It says, but
beloved, again, divinely loved ones, be not ignorant of this
one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years,
and a thousand years is one day. The Lord is not slack concerning
his promises, some men count slackness, but is long-suffering
to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should
come to repentance. Now, as I said last week in our
study, verse nine is a verse that's often ripped out of context,
and people use this to say that God wants to save everyone in
this world. But as we looked at last week,
the key word in this verse is usward, usward. It's directed
at those to who the letter's written to, which are the elect
of God. And we know from studying scripture that Christ died for
his sheep. He died for his sheep, which
is the elect of God. And also, this verse has to do
with the coming of the Lord, beloved, who will judge the earth. And we saw, even in our reading
today, we saw that, and we'll see that in the verses that follow,
that the context of that verse is the coming of the Lord. It's
written to debunk the scoffers, beloved. That's what this portion
is dealing with. It's written to debunk the scoffers,
those who say, well, the Lord's being slack. Look how long he's
taken. He's not coming back, that's
what they're saying. But Peter's saying, but time is not, God
made time. He's outside of time and space.
Always remember that. He's not constrained by time
like we are. And that's why he tells us that
one day for the Lord is 1,000 years for us. So as I said last
week, if you count the Lord's calendar, or time-wise there,
he's only been gone for two days. My, so you're not slack. So this is written to debunk
the scoffers who deny Christ's coming. And again, they say,
well, since he's not come yet, he's not coming. Well, Peter
writes this and says, brings forth that he's promised that
he's coming. And if God promises something, you know he's coming.
He's coming. So the problem with the scoffers
logic is that it does not incorporate the fact that there's a reason
why the Lord has not returned. There's a reason why the Lord
is not yet returned. They just pop off and say, well,
he's not he's not returned so far, so he's not coming. But
the scoffers unaware of the purpose of God. They are totally unaware
of the purpose of God. They are totally unaware that
his purpose is a divine, immutable purpose, and it's a purpose that
natural man cannot comprehend. Natural man cannot comprehend
the purpose of God, even for us who believe. We look at the
purpose of God and are amazed by it, aren't we? We're amazed
by it. So always remember that our God
is a God of purpose. He does things on purpose. If you're saved, it's because
God did that on purpose. He purposed to save you. And
that's wonderful, isn't it? It's absolutely wonderful. He's
a God of purpose and a God of order, and he will not do anything
that's not according to his purpose. And he is bringing forth here
by inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God, having Peter pen this,
that there's a there's a purpose in the time span. Of the Lord,
having rose from the grave in the second coming, there's a
purpose there. And he will come at God's appointed
time. But what's the purpose? The Lord
is not slack concerning His promises. Some man counts slackness, but
is long-suffering to us. The elect of God, not willing
that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
So we who are the believer, we see that God has a purpose in
the fact that Christ hasn't returned yet, because the lost sheep,
the elect of God, are being saved. They're being granted faith and
repentance. They're regenerated by the Holy
Spirit of God. They've already been saved by Christ at Calvary's
cross, but the lost sheep are being found. And He will not
come back until they all come to repentance. So these chosen, blood-bought
saints of God are safe. Once they're safe in the leavened
arms of the Lord Jesus Christ, And remember, these verses speak
of the promise of the Lord's coming. Once they're safe in
the Lord's arms, it's over. It's over. Let's read verses
eight to 13. But beloved, be not ignorant
of this one thing. And remember, he's writing to
debunk the scoffers. But beloved, be not ignorant
of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord is 1,000 years,
and 1,000 years is one day. The Lord is not slack concerning
his promise, and that's the promise of his second coming. Some may
uncount slackness, but it's long-suffering to us, we're to God's people.
Not willing that any should perish. He's not willing that one of
his sheep, he's not willing that one sheep that Christ died for
will perish, not one. Boy, that's assurance, isn't
it? That gives the believer assurance, not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord, okay,
Now see there, but that all should come to repentance. Now what
happens right away? But the day of the Lord will come as a thief
in the night, in which the heavens shall pass
away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat. The earth also and the works that are therein
shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be
dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation
and godliness, looking for and hastening to the coming of the
day of God wherein Again, the day of God is the same. It's
the day of the Lord. It's the second coming of Christ,
wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved and the
elements shall melt with fervent heat. Nevertheless, we, according
to his promise, look for a new heavens and a new earth, wherein
dwells righteousness. Now look at this. Look at verses,
let's read verses 9 and 10 together. The Lord is not slack concerning
his promises, some man counts slackness, but is long suffering
to us for it. Not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens shall pass
away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt away,
or shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and the works
therein shall be burned up. Take note what's missing in between
those two scriptures. There's no secret rapture in
between those verses, is there? No. No. Nothing said about a seven year
tribulation time, is there? No. Nothing said about that. Nothing said about rebuilding
the temple in Jerusalem? No. Nothing said about reinstating
animal sacrifices? Nothing in between those two
verses. Nothing like that. Nothing said about the Lord Jesus
Christ sitting on a literal throne in Jerusalem, dwelling in a temple
made with hands. There's nothing said about that,
is there? No? We see in this text that all
gods elect, once they're called out of darkness, once they're
granted faith and repentance to believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, then the day of the Lord will occur. Boom. The second
coming of Christ. As a thief in the night, as a
thief in the night. And we'll be caught up if we're
still alive like that to be with the Lord forever. Forever. I'll tell you this as a believer. I just sold told Charlie and
Denise this and it's so true. And I remember I heard this from
from Henry Mann. He said all the tribulation that
a believer will face in this world. Or all the tribulation
that we will ever face is while we're in this world. That's it. And we face tribulation, don't
we? We face tribulation. We have a battle every day with
our flesh. We have a battle with other people
saying this and that about what we believe and about the free
grace of God in Christ and attacking the gospel. But beloved, The
only tribulation we'll ever face is while we're here in this world.
When the Lord takes us home, there'll be no more tribulation,
there'll be no more struggle with sin. It'll be glorious,
beloved. It'll be absolutely glorious.
So we see in the text, when all the gods elect are called out
of darkness, when they're granted faith and repentance to believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, then the day of the Lord will occur.
It'll occur. So with that in mind, let's read
verses 10 to 13, which speaks again of our Lord's second coming. And His coming is an imminent
return. He is coming. He's promised He will. He will
come. He will come, beloved. Look at this, verses 10 to 13.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night.
No one will be expecting it. People think they're safe at
night, right? You lock your doors and all that. You think you're
safe. They come as a thief in the night. in the which the heavens shall
pass away with a great noise. Look at that. And the elements
shall melt with fervent heat. The earth also and the works
that are therein shall be burned up. See, and then all these things
shall be dissolved. What manner of persons ought
ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness? Looking for. And
what do God's people look for? We look for the return of Christ,
don't we? We look for His imminent return. Looking for and hastening
unto the coming of the day of God. which is the same as the
day of the Lord. It's the second coming of Christ.
It's the second coming of Christ. Where in the heavens being on
fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat. Nevertheless, we, according to his promise, look
for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.
Let me tell you a little story. I was talking to a dear brother
of ours, a brother in Christ who used to fellowship with us
in Oregon. And he grew up at Rescue Baptist Church. His dad
was the pastor there, so he grew up, all he had sat under was
grace preaching. And he asked me one time, he
says, where do these people get all this stuff about the end
times? And so we went to First Thessalonians chapter four, where
it talks about the Lord coming back as a thief in the night.
And remember, he's not being exposed to any kind of other
teaching other than preaching of the grace of God in Christ. And so I read him the portion
of scripture, and you know what he said to me? That's the second
coming of Christ. I said, amen, brother. This is
also speaking of the same time, the second coming of Christ.
Here come as a thief in the night, beloved. No one will be expecting
them. And here come, just like that.
Just like that. What happened in the days of
Noah? Well, they were eating and drinking and doing all kinds
of stuff, right? And Noah was building an ark. And Noah was a preacher of righteousness,
he probably said, come into the ark, it's the only safe place.
But they all scoffed him and laughed at them. Well, when the
Lord shut that ark, right, and that rain started falling, oh
my, it was too late then, wasn't it? See, our Lord's second coming
is gonna come like a thief in the night, no one's expecting
it. No one's expecting it, but who are looking for him to return?
His people. We're looking for his return,
aren't we? We're waiting for his return. Seeing then that all these things
shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in
all holy conversation and godliness? Verse 12, looking for and hastening
unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens shall
be on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat. Nevertheless, we, according to his promise, look
for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
So we see again that these verses have to do with the imminent
return of Christ. That's what these verses are all about. They're
all about the imminent return of Christ. And just as Paul told
the Colossian believers to set your mind on things above, right?
Remember that when we did our study in Colossians? Peter's
doing the same thing. Look, look to Christ. Don't look
at the world, don't look at the things going on in the world,
although we know about the things going on in the world, but we
can get awful worked up looking at the things in the world, can't
we? Look to Christ. Wait for his return. Look to
him. He's coming. He's promised he is, and that
promise is sure of the Lord. That's sure. He's coming again.
And so we see the contrast here between the scoffers in verses
three and four, those who deny his coming. And the natural man, again, has
a wrong understanding of the fact that time is different in
God's economy than ours because he's outside of time and space.
We are constrained by time and space. He's not, he's God. And we see in these verses, we
see in verse 9, look at this, would marvel at this too, the
salvation of the elect is sure, beloved. It's sure. And if you're saved, it's sure
the Lord's going to keep you. Isn't that wonderful? It's absolutely wonderful. But
the salvation of the elect is sure, we see that in verse 9
of chapter 3. Regardless of the fact that some men view Christ,
view the fact that Christ has not yet returned to be the evidence
of his slackness, but we know it's not so. We know the reason
why he's not come yet is he's drawn in his elect, beloved. His long-suffering is on behalf
of the elect of God. Now think of that, you who are
saved. Think of how long-suffering God was with us. I marvel at
how long-suffering he was with me. Is it so with you? It's incredible. He was so long-suffering
with me. Oh my. He's long-suffering. He's long-suffering because on
behalf of his elect and he will not come again until every single
sheep of his that he bought and paid for at Calvary's Cross comes
to repentance. Everyone. And then when that last sheep
of God is saved, it's all over. It's all over. Turn, if you would,
to Romans chapter 11. Romans chapter 11. And then we'll
go right back to 2 Peter also. Keep your finger in 2 Peter there. Romans chapter 11, verses 25
to 27. For I would not, brethren, that
ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise
in your own conceits that blindness in part has happened to Israel,
until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. And so what? All Israel shall be saved. As
it is written, there shall come out a Zion to deliver, and shall
turn away ungodliness from Jacob, for this is my covenant unto
them. when I shall take away their sins. Look at that. Now
look at this, though. Until the fullness of the Gentiles
become in. That's the long suffering of
God. And then look at this. And so all Israel shall be saved. Well, that's all spiritual Israel,
beloved. Every single sheep of God for whom Christ died for
shall be saved. Everyone. And God's people are
spiritual Jews, beloved. It's incredible. You're not lose
one. Let's go back to our text again
and read verses nine and ten with that in mind. The Lord is not slack concerning
his promises, some man counts slackness, but his long suffering
to us word again, that's his elect, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of
the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements
shall melt with fervent heat. The earth also and the works
that are therein shall be burned up. Listen to what Brother Tim
James brings forth about verse 10 here. He says, verse 10 begins
with the word but, which is a conjunction of opposition. This verse makes
it clear that the words of verses 9 and 10 do not even vaguely
suggest that the Lord's return is not imminent. That day will
come as a thief in the night or will suddenly appear according
to God's schedule. That's the key. According to
God's schedule. It will not be a surprise to
the believer. Why? Because we're looking for his
return, aren't we? We're looking for his return because he's looking
for his savior as if his return is momentarily. That momentous
day is described in language of finality. It's the day of
the Lord. It's all over. It's all over. So we see then
that there's no suggestion of some period of time, elapsed
time, but rather a sudden appearing and coming of the Lord Jesus
Christ, which is called the day of the Lord. And it'll come on
suddenly. It'll come on suddenly. It'll
be the great day of the final resurrection, the day of Christ's
return with his saints. And it'll also be the great day
of judgment. The day of destruction. in the day of the renewal of
the heavens and earth. We see that in this text here.
Look at verse 13, the day of a new heavens and a new earth.
Nevertheless, we, according to his promise, the promise of his
second coming, look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwell
righteousness. No sin. Perfect. Sinless. And this will happen
by the word of his power, beloved. This will happen by the word
of his power. We're looking at this as one day we'll see the
return of our great king. If we're still alive, when he
comes back, we'll see his return, our great God and king. And and
what is the believer greatly anticipate? We're greatly anticipating
his return, aren't we? We say even even so, Lord, come
quickly. Oh, Lord. But the day the Lord look at
first and will come as a thief in the night. in which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and the works that are
therein shall be burned up." Now I'm going to tell you this.
You don't have to worry about this world being destroyed by
man-made inventions. The Scriptures here declare that
the Lord has reserved the destruction of this whole universe to His
fiery wrath. in the earth, the heavens and
the earth will be destroyed on that great day of the Lord. Now, we're not to be reckless,
we know that. We're not to be reckless with
what we have in this world, but it's the Lord who's going to
destroy this world. When I was a young man growing up in high
school, there was always, and probably in the 50s, I heard
it in the 50s too, always a worry about nuclear war. Oh my, it's
going to destroy the whole world. The only one who's going to destroy
the whole world, beloved, and that's God. That's God. He's the one who has all power. So what a manifestation we have
here of his sovereign power. The heavens shall pass away with
a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat,
the earth also, and the works that are therein shall be burned
up. That's all by the word of his power. That's our God just
saying, gone. How powerful is our God, beloved? He's all powerful. That's the
one who's saved. That's the one who keeps us. That's our God. Now look at verses
11 and 12. Peter here, by inspiration of
the Holy Spirit, God will ask a rhetorical question. Now a
rhetorical question is one that contains the obvious answer in
the question itself. Seeing then that all these things
shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in
all holy conversations and godliness, looking for and hastening unto
the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on
fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat." So Peter brings forth that since we who are in
Christ and since we who wait for His coming and that all these
things are going to happen Well, how should we live? Well, we
should live in holy conversation and godliness, beloved. Looking
for His return. Looking for His return. The return
of our great God. Knowing that it's imminent. He can come at any time. And that it will usher in the
destruction of all that we see when He comes. So we see here
a distinctly contrasting manner of life between the scoffers, who do not look for His return, and the believer in Christ. Now,
manner here, in the text, Peter's addressing here in our text before
us, he's bringing the contrast of the manner of life of the
believer with the manner of the life of the scoffer. The scoffer
has no care. lives for the things of this
world, doesn't look for the return of Christ. We as believers wait and look,
patiently waiting for our Lord's return. And the born-again, blood-washed
saints of God eagerly waits for the coming of the Lord with anticipation,
while the scoffer has absolutely no care about it. See the contrast
that Peter's bringing forth? The scoffer continues eating
and drinking, just like in the days of Noah. And we know again
what happened to those outside the ark. Sudden destruction fell
upon them. So how should we, who are the
people of God, live? In what manner should we live? What does the Scripture bring
forth? What does a believer do? We rest in Christ, don't we?
We rest and trust in Christ. And sometimes it's easy for us
to do that, and sometimes it's hard. Right? But we continue just to rest
in Christ, don't we? Jotaro always told me the hardest
thing for the believer to do is just rest in Christ. And it's
true, isn't it? I can attest to that, can you?
I can. Oh my. I know I'm not the lead on my
own understanding, but now the flesh gets going. No, we're just
to rest. And I gotta keep reminding myself,
Wayne, you just gotta rest. You just gotta trust. Is it so
with you? Because it's like that with me.
Oh my. We just rest and trust in Him.
We believe His promises, don't we? We hold tight to them. We
hold tight to our Savior. We don't hold tight to this world.
Because we know it's all gonna perish. But as we're passing
through this world, this sin-cursed world, we just hang tight to
the Lord, don't we? Trusting and resting in Him.
And we know, we know when we leave this earth, we'll be with
the Lord for eternity. All based upon what He's done.
All based upon the mercy and the grace of God which has been
bestowed upon us. Not due to any of our efforts,
but all according to the mercy of God. all according to the
mercy of God. We know that everything we see
is just temporary. We're looking for a city whose builder and
maker is God. Oh my. So we're to have a holy
conversation in godliness. Listen to what Brother Henry
Mahan brings forth about this. He says, believing that the earth
and all therein, whether of flesh or nature or art, will be utterly
destroyed, what manner of persons ought we to be? Certainly we
should not be as the scoffers who ridicule the gospel. and
the day of his wrath, nor of the indifferent persons of religion,
nor of the materialistic worldlings, but as holy, sincere, and dedicated
men, waiting for the Lord's return, praying, hearing, reading, and
living soberly and righteously." Just trusting the Lord. The opposite
to what the scoffers do. The opposite to what the scoffers
do. That's what those mean. Turn, if you would, to 2 Corinthians.
2 Corinthians chapter Chapter 6. Now we wait for our Lord to
return. We study His Word, we desire
to walk pleasing in His sight, don't we? So we see in the verse
11 there, the word holy and godliness, and these bring forth a constant
difference between the scoffer and the believer. A holy conversation
speaks of being separate. That's what that speaks of, just
being separate from the world. Look what it says here in 2 Corinthians
6. Verses 14, and we'll read the
7-1. Be not unequally yoked together
with unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness
with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light
with darkness? And what concord hath Christ
with Baal? Or what part hath he that believeth
with an infidel? In what agreement hath the temple
of God with idols? See the contrast that's going
on here? Right? For ye are the temple of the
living God, and as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk
in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
We're separate from the world, beloved. We've been made separate
by God. Not by anything we did, but all
by what the Lord's done. And look at that, I love that,
and they shall be my people. That's sure, isn't it? That's
sure. Wherefore come out from among
them, and be ye separate. Now we still live in the world,
we know that. We know that, we're still in
this world. But saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing,
and I will receive you. And will be a father unto you,
and ye shall be my sons and daughters with the Lord Almighty. Having
therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness
in the fear of God. So that portion there where it
says a holy conversation, that just means being separate. We're
in the world, but we're not of the world. We know it's all gonna
burn up. And it's God, always remember,
as I mentioned on Wednesday night, it's God who's made us to differ.
Nothing we did, it's God who made us to differ. And Him alone. So our liberty is not to be employed
for sin. That's what Peter's bringing
out, too. And trust me, we have such freedom and liberty in Christ,
beloved, but we're not to use that liberty for sin. We're not
to say, well, I can just go and do whatever I want since I'm
saved. No, that's what the antinomian says. But the believer doesn't
say that. No. Look at verse 11 again in
2 Peter, chapter 3. Seeing then that all these things
shall be dissolved, what manner A person's ought ye to be in
all holy conversation and godliness. Now godliness there in verse
11, that's reverence for God. So we're separate, and we have
a reverence for God. That's true, isn't it? That's
true. We have a reverence for God,
we have a reverence for all things that are eternal, as opposed
to that which is temporal. See the contrast between the
believer and the scoffer. That's what's being bought forth
here. The scoffer makes much of the things of the world and
has a reverence for the things of the world as opposed to the
believer who has an interest in God and a reverence for God
and knows that everything here, everything that we see is just
temporal. Everything, including us. Because
we're all going to one day pass out of this world, aren't we? And the word ought in verse 11
lets us know that we can sometimes forget these things, and so we're
to be diligent and remind ourselves of these things. Let's now read
verses 12 and 13 together. Looking for and hastening unto
the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on
fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat. Nevertheless, we, according to his promise, the
promise of Christ's second coming, look for new heavens and a new
earth, wherein dwells righteousness. So verse 12 brings forth that
the believer looks for the coming day of God, the day of the Lord.
We look for that. We eagerly await that. We eagerly
await that. And the day of God is the same
as the day of the Lord. It's the second coming of Christ.
And we know that Christ was God incarnated in the flesh. And
we know that he suffered for the, he was our substitute and
died on the Calvary's cross for our sins. Put him all away. And
that he right now, he's at the right hand of the Father, right
now. Reigning in majesty and glory. We know he's the second,
the eternal word of God, the second person of the Trinity.
And verse 12 also brings forth that everything we see with the
physical eye and everything that we can be seen in heavens with
the most powerful telescope will melt away with fervent heat.
Will melt away with fervent heat. In verse 13 we see that our great
God has promised us a new heavens and a new earth wherein dwells
righteousness. And this is what the believer's
looking for. And we're longing to be with Christ. We're longing
to be with Him. As I said the other day, heaven
would never be heaven without Christ. We can't wait to be in His presence,
a place where in dwells righteousness. Oh, and being with Christ. Do
you know what being with Christ will be for the believer? Heaven.
Heaven. Oh my. Heavenly Father, we thank
You for this time that we've had together to look in Thy Word.
And oh, how wondrous it is as we look at Your coming again,
Lord, Your second coming, and we just wait eagerly. We look
and wait for Your return, Lord, knowing that your long-suffering
to us, to the elect of God, and we pray that you draw on your
lost sheep, O Lord. You be all the glory, honor,
and praise. In Jesus' name, amen.