Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

2Pet.3:5 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth formed out of water and amid water, by the word of God; 3:6 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished. 3:7 But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

There has never been a thing on earth that mankind has not used for some evil purpose, rather that be government, religion, or commerce. However, God's word found in the bible seem to be the most painful for the human race. They can't separate false from true, and thus, blame God hatefully, and those that represent him on earth.

James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.{or, Hell}
3:7 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

The apostles Peters words here in this chapter have certainly been abused by many calling themselves Christian's for two thousand years. Here Peter starts this part of his letter with renouncing mockers who are taunting true believer about the promise coming of the Lord. Two thousands years later we find Christ has not came, and Christian's themselves have become the mockers! We need not make excuses for the truth, or God, he is not a man. These brothers and sister truthfully, and factually seen the end of the most important world of their time, and in their life time; what was that?

Matthew 23:37 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!

Matt.24:1 Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. 24:2 But he answered them, "Don't you see all of these things? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."

First, when a person is part of a society that has been given God's law personally, and God has instructed through that law in every aspect of the society life from education, law, commerce, and worship, God's law is their heavens and earth! Let know one fool you because we are thousands of years removed from the power of God's law upon his people. The heavens and earth Christ completed was the old covenant made with God's people.

Matt. 5:17 "Don't think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill. 5:18 For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter{literally, iota} or one tiny pen stroke{or, serif} shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

Romans 10:4 For Christ is the fulfillment{or, completion, or end} of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Jerusalem was destroy by the Roman army after this writing of Peter's, Christ prophecy regarding the end of the world were completed in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70CE. Those mocking were of the Jewish faith, the center of worship for God's people their entire world heaven and earth was Jerusalem.

Hence, Christian coming out of that world its heavens and earth found it most difficult to renounce their faith in Jerusalem. The main issue in all the Greek writing was the rejection of Jerusalem under the old covenant, and the acceptance of Christ as the new heavens as God temple, and nothing more. All other issues were but a mere shadow compared to this one burning issue. The new Christian's were heavily influenced by converted Jews into Christianity. All of the apostles the foundation stones of the new heavens were of the Jewish faith, all of them!

Many of these converted Jews were failing back into the power of sight worship at the temple under the old law. They wanted a mixture of both laws in Christ, thinking it more righteous and practical. This was the apostasy the apostles fought against, the weeds, the yeast that would soon corrupt the purity of the Christ. Now as the day drew near where the old heavens would be set ablaze by the Roman Empire in 70CE, mockers no doubt who wanted the power of the law back into Christ were saying where is this promise destruction?

2 Peter 3:3 knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts.

Hence, those without the life of Christ indwelling them did not know he is always present. Instead they turn to a physical present of sight worship with flesh human ministering at the temple, this is why they mocked. Those of the flesh must worship a physical thing rather that be a person, prophecy, sighting of signs in the stars, moon and Sun, because they are not connected to the life giving Spirit of Christ.

1 Corinthians 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks.

1 Corinthians 3:11 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Colossians 3:3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:4 When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.

1 John 5:20 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

2 Corinthians 4:11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.

Is there further application of these verses in our day? Christ has not came in two thousand years, many Christian's themselves are found mocking God after one failed prophecy after another has proved wrong. Millions have had their faith ship wrecked, discounting all God's words found in the bible. The same issues has faced every generation of human since Christ, and what is that issues.

Galatians 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let's also walk by the Spirit.

Do we serve God for a date? A sign? A new prophecy? An new personality that is predicting the end of our world, or do were serve God out of faith? Do we love God even if the end does not come in our life time, that is, if we don't physically see Christ coming with God's holy angles? Well, Peter gave us answers, as did all of those writing the Christian's Greek scriptures, and what is that? It is a very simple profound truth, which truth is; if we are indwelt with the life of Christ, we have arrived, we have found eternal life, and we have the Spirit of God bearing witness in us as the real truth of his great love, and present!

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Philippians 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Our intercourse with God is daily , we commune with God in Christ learning each day the personality of the greatest man to ever walk this earth, Christ Jesus. We fear not tomorrow, we know that the end of our world started when we accepted Christ, we know we belong to him, and when ever God pleases we go home to our family waiting for us in heaven.

2 Timothy 2:11 This saying is faithful: "For if we died with him, we will also live with him.

We have not been given the spirit of fear, but love and power, and we can rest in truth and love, we can trust our life is in the perfect hands of God. We wait, we endure, in God promises found in us knowing by Spirit he will finish the good work he started in us. We are in life, now, not tomorrow, or the next day, we live because he lives, we do all things for Christ rather we live or die it is for God's glory found in our headship, our body we are members in, the Christ. Those living for a date are in dead works, and dead in those dates, But those in Christ are renewed day to day by the power of his incorruptible life.

1 Peter 4:2 that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

1 John 4:9 By this God's love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

2 Peter 2:18 For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error.

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