"DEAR FRIENDS THIS IS NOW MY SECOND LETTER TO YOU.  I HAVE WRITTEN BOTH OF THEM AS REMINDERS TO STIMULATE YOU TO WHOLESOME THINKING.  I WANT YOU TO RECALL THE WORDS SPOKEN IN THE PAST BY THE HOLY PROPHETS AND THE COMMAND GIVEN BY OUR LORD AND SAVIOR THROUGH YOUR APOSTLES.  FIRST OF ALL YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE LAST DAYS SCOFFERS WILL COME, SCOFFING AND FOLLOWING THEIR OWN EVIL DESIRES.  THEY WILL SAY, 'WHERE IS THIS 'COMING' HE PROMISED?  EVER SINCE OUR FATHERS DIED, EVERYTHING GOES ON AS IT HAS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF CREATION.'  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
(2 PETER 3:1-4;8-9)."

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