{"id":51338,"date":"2024-12-28T19:34:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T00:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daybread.org\/ciw\/y2025-en\/m229\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T19:34:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T00:34:29","slug":"m229","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/daybread.org\/ciw\/y2025-en\/m229\/","title":{"rendered":"The Coming of the Lord, the New Heaven and New Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"Verses\uff1a<\/strong>2_Peter 3:1 ~ 3:18<\/a>\r\nKey Verse\uff1a<\/strong>8-9. But do not let this one thing escape you, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day.\r\nThe Lord does not delay regarding the promise, as some count delay, but is long-suffering toward you, not intending that any perish but that all advance to repentance.\r\nTopic\uff1a<\/strong>The Coming of the Lord, the New Heaven and New Earth\r\nEmphasis\uff1a<\/strong>Those verses answered this puzzle being asked by peoples for two thousand years: \u201cWhere is the promise of His coming?\u201d Here Peter answered from two aspects: First, God\u2019s concept about time is different from Man\u2019s concept about time; Second, He is long-suffering toward us, and hopes all will come to repentance.\r\nMeditate\uff1a<\/strong>For the Lord\u2019s coming again, do we have adequate understanding?\r\nPrayer\uff1a<\/strong>For Your promise concerning the New Heavens and the New Earth, we praise You. Let me take Your long-suffering as an opportunity of repentance unto salvation. Let\u2019s become the person without spot and without blemish.\r\nHymn\uff1a<\/strong>960 My King will soon come back again<\/a>\r\n