Who are the scoffers in the last days Peter said would say 'where is the promise of His coming'?
Peter identifies them as scoffers who arise in the last days, mocking the promise of Christ's coming and saying, 'Where is the promise of His coming?' They argue that nothing has changed since the fathers fell asleep, treating the long delay as evidence against the promised return.
Les teaches that these scoffers are the very people Peter foretold for the last days. He illustrates this from a conversation where a man objected that people had talked about Christ's return for years and nothing happened. Les told him he was fulfilling exactly what Scripture said, then took him to Peter and read the verses: scoffers will come in the last days saying, 'Where is the promise of His coming? For even since the fathers fell asleep, they've been talking about these things.' Les grants that such talk has gone on before, but not on the scale of today. The world's exploding technology and communication, he says, scream that the Lord is coming soon, so we should be looking up and ready.
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
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Who are the scoffers in the last days that Scripture predicts?
People who scoff that nothing has ever happened and ask where the promise of His coming is are themselves fulfilling the Scripture about scoffers who come in the last days.