Contemplative Bible Reading

2 Peter 3:3-4 (New Living Translation)

3 Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. 4 They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.”

Peter warns the Christians of “scoffers” who will come and mock the truth.

The trouble is, these scoffers will be telling the truth, well, at least they won’t be lying.

Truth is, for the past several thousands years sun comes up, the sun goes down, it rains in rainy season, it’s dry in the dry season. My grandfather told me of his grandfather, and I tell my grandson about all of us, and the stories are the same.

That’s one of the problems with the truth: you can say things that are true, but not tell everything that is true, so is that the truth? Philosophy hurts the head.

Peter was warning the Christians of the scoffers and rightfully so. Saying things that are true and leaving Jesus out of the story, is not full truth. Peter goes on the explain how God views time and how we view time are different. Hmmm, now that we mention it, how we view just about anything is different from how God views those same things.

Please God, help me to consider the folly of how I view things. Help me to reconsider my views and the words that accompany them.