Key Takeaways:
“Mockers will come” – Peter foretells an age where unbelievers will ridicule the idea of Jesus’ return, denying prophetic truth and clinging to naturalism.
“Where is the promise of His coming?” – They doubt God’s timeline, confusing delay with denial. But God’s timing is mercy (v. 9), not slackness.
“All continues as it was…” – This is the philosophy of uniformitarianism—the belief that history is static and God doesn’t intervene. It ignores the global flood (v. 5–6) and blinds them to future judgment by fire (v. 7).
Modern Parallels:
•“People have been saying Jesus is coming for 2,000 years!”
•“Why would God interrupt the natural order now?”
•“Prophecy is symbolic, not literal.”
Peter’s Response:
“But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years…” (v. 8)
“The Lord is not slow…but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish…” (v. 9)
The very fact that scoffers mock the return of Christ is proof that we are in the last days—just as Scripture predicted.From