What is imminence? Wikipedia says, “Imminence is the quality of being imminent, i.e. about to happen.” In today’s passage from Matthew, we read of the second coming of Christ. His coming was “imminent” for the believers living before A.D. 70; it was “imminent” for the Reformers; and it is “imminent” for us.
Peter comments, “But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare” (2 Peter 3:8-10). God’s patience is rooted in his love for us: “not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” And when viewed from eternity—God’s perspective always, and one day ours—all the horrible sufferings of this life are but, “slight momentary affliction,” and it “is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison” (2 Corinthians 4:17).
He is coming back SOON, and may that provide great HOPE for us all!
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