EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/26/2026
11:11 PM
My Worship
Time Focus:
PT-1 “Eternal
Perspective”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
2 Peter
3:12-13
Message of the verses: “12
waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which
the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will
melt as they burn! 13 But according to
his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which
righteousness dwells.” (ESV)
This evening I begin a new section from John MacArthur’s
commentary on 2 Peter, as we will be spending a lot of time looking at these
two verses. I will quote from MacArthur’s
commentary, and then add the verses that he references, along with some of my
comments.
“If believers are looking
for and hastening the coming of the day of God, such eager anticipation
precludes being worried about it or afraid of it. Instead, as Paul wrote to Titus, they will be
joyfully looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our
great God and Savior, Christ Jesus’ (Titus 2:13; cf. 2 Tim. 4:8; Rev. 22:20).”
(Titus 2:13; cf. 2 Tim. 4:8; Rev.
22:20)
13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing
of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,”
“8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown
of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that
Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.”
“20
¶ He who testifies to these things says,
“Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!”
“Looking for expresses an
attitude of expectancy, an outlook on life that watchfully waits for the Lord’s
arrival. Peter’s use of hastening only
strengthens that concept. Rather than
fearing the world’s impending demise, Christians long for it, knowing they have
everything to hope for and noting to fear from the Father who loves them (1
John 4:18). Thus, like Paul, they can
readily say maranatha, “Lord come!’ (1 Cor. 16:22; cf. 1 John 2:28;
Rev. 22:20).
(1 Cor. 16:22; cf. 1 John 2:28; Rev.
22:20)
“22 If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be
accursed. Our Lord, come!”
“28
¶ And now, little children, abide in
him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in
shame at his coming.”
““20
¶ He who testifies to these things says,
“Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!”
“The coming translates the
familiar term parousia, which literally means ‘the presence.’ In the New Testament it does not primarily
describe a place or event. Instead, the
term emphasizes the personal, bodily arrival of Jesus Christ.
“Some commentators equate the day
of God with the ‘day of the Lord,’ but they are not synonymous expressions. The day of God refers to the eternal
state when God will have permanently subdued all of His enemies (Cf. Ps. 110:1;
Acts 2:33-35; 1 Cor. 15:28; Phil. 2:10-11; 3:21; Heb. 10:13).”
(Cf. Ps. 110:1; Acts 2:33-35; 1 Cor.
15:28; Phil. 2:10-11; 3:21; Heb. 10:13)
“1
¶ «A Psalm of David.» The LORD says to
my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.’”
“33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of
God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has
poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens,
but he himself says, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, ”Sit at my right hand, 35 until I make your enemies your
footstool."’
“28 When all things are subjected to him, then
the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection
under him, that God may be all in all.”
“10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
“21 who will transform our lowly body to be like
his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to
himself.”
“13 waiting from that time until his enemies
should be made a footstool for his feet.”
“However,
the ‘day of the Lord,’ as discussed in the previous chapter of this
volume, refers to the final, tumultuous events accompanying the last judgment
of unbelievers. While Christians are
certainly eager for the day of God, their attitude toward the turmoil that
precedes it is more sober. The apostle
John’s vision experience, in which he ate the little book and found it sweet to
taste but bitter to swallow (Rev. 10:9-10), dramatically illustrates those dual
feelings. The little book represents the
coming judgment—sweet to believers because of the day of God, but bitter
because of the ‘day of the Lord.”
I have mentioned in earlier SD’s
that this section of 2 Peter, the one that we have begun this evening is a very
important section of the Word of God, for in it we will see that the heavens we
see in the night sky and the sun we see each day, along with the mood, and the
earth that we now live on will all be done away with in what can be described as
a giant atomic explosion which will be very loud. Lord willing I will continue to look at this
very long section in tomorrow evening’s SD.
1/26/2026
11:58 PM
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