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A Sudden & Certain Return
Commentators unanimously affirm that the "Day of the Lord" will come suddenly and unexpectedly, like "a thief in the night." This imagery, used by Jesus himself, is not meant to cause fear but to shake believers from spiritual complacency. As multiple scholars note, it's a powerful call to live in a state of constant readiness and watchfulness for Christ's certain return.
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2 Peter
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Peter 3:10
18th Century
Theologian
But the day of the Lord. This refers to the day of the Lord Jesus—that is, the day in which He will be manifested. It is called His
AT Robertson
On 2 Peter 3:10
The day of the Lord (ημερα κυριου). So Peter in Ac 2:20 () and Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:2,4; [Reference 2 Thessalonia…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Peter 3:10
19th Century
Bishop
The certainty and possible nearness of Christ’s coming is the basis of the preceding warning and of the exhortations that follow.
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Peter 3:10
19th Century
Preacher
In the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that a…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Peter 3:10
Peter’s fourth argument against the false teachers reaffirms the early church’s teaching that the day of the Lord will come suddenly. Jesus taught …
John Calvin
On 2 Peter 3:10
16th Century
Theologian
But the day of the Lord will come. This has been added so that the faithful may always be watching and not promise themselves tomorrow. Fo…
John Gill
On 2 Peter 3:10
17th Century
Pastor
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night ,
&c.] That is, the Lord will come in that day, which he h…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Peter 3:5–10
17th Century
Minister
If these scoffers had considered the dreadful vengeance with which God swept away a whole world of ungodly men at once, surely they would not have …