2 Peter 3: 3-3 Summary

This essay will cover the issue of scoffers and the Parousia. The theme of 2 Peter 3:3-10 is Christ’s second return, the problem of the scoffers who will come and bring lies into the church as well as the reason for the delayed Parousia. 2 Peter 3:3-4 encompasses the problem of the scoffers who are doubting Christs second return and what they will follow. Peter tells his readers that the scoffers will come and will “follow their own desires” as well as doubt the second coming because they believe that “everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” Verses 5-6 covers Christ's sovereignty over creation since the beginning of time, Peter goes on to remind the readers that since the scoffers “deliberately forgot that by God’s Word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water, and that by these waters the world of that time was deluged and destroyed and by the same word the present heavens and earth are …show more content…
2 Peter 3:3 opens with the reminder of the issue at hand; the false teachers whom Peter has been constantly reminding his readers about since the previous chapter. The theme in 2 Peter 3 picks up where 2 Peter 2 ends and really reiterates the importance of remembering the words of the Old Testament prophets. This passage continues with the initial warning that Peter was trying to get his readers to be aware of as well as telling of the importance of heeding his reminder. As the author continuously reminds his readers of the importance of being aware of the scoffers in 2 Peter 2, in the third chapter he continues writing about the same central theme however, he ties it all together in introducing the Parousia which leads into the concluding chapters where Peter ends his second epistle on a positive note, encouraging his readers on what is to come as well as an appeal to steadfastness in the