Mockers Who Would Deny the Lord's Return

The first thing to be considered is the coming of those who would mock the truth. The "last days" are the days of the gospel age, which is the final age of God dealing with man (Acts 2:16-17; Hebrews 1:1-2). This is just one of several New Testament warnings about false teachers who would come during the Christian age (Acts 20:29-31; 1 Timothy 4:1-3; 2 Timothy 4:3-4; 1 John 2:18). Peter indicated they would be those who would seek to fulfill their own selfish desires.

They, according to Peter's prophecy, would center their scoffing on the second coming of Christ, suggesting that since the patriarchs died, or even the beginning of creation, all things continued like normal. Actually, this fits exactly the Lord's statements concerning his return (2 Peter 3:3-4; Matthew 24:36-44).

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