Rom 9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
Some would quickly argue that it hasn't been a 'short work' at all. That thousands of years have passed, and no one would call thousands of years short.
Except maybe those living in eternity, maybe they have a much different idea of what a short work is.
When you live from eternity to eternity couldn't even a million, trillion years be short?
If bringing it down to humanity, to us beings who do live in time, it's still very understandable to comprehend that a 'short work' could be thousands of years, especially when we read this--
2Pe_3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
We cannot be ignorant of this.
God's word tells us- 'He will FINISH the work.' Too many don't even believe that. They don't believe it will ever be finished that things will remain as they are, or rather variations of things will remain as they are for eternity. That until mankind comes up with a way to create their own immortality, that men will continue to live and die as always. I saw a program on televison the other night all about people striving for mankind's immortality- there is a billionaire funding a whole thing on it called the 2045 Global Initiative, the Global Future, towards a new strategy for human evolution. The program talked about how there are a lot of people - the smartest of scientists in the entire world working toward human immortality. A man who is called a futurist who predicted the internet way before it became a reality, who predicted a people being able to search the internet years before it ever happened. This man predicts that in 30 years or so mankind will have figured out how to be immortal. It's true, it's factual that computers themselves are getting smarter and smarter, exponentially smarter all the time at a rate that we can't even truly fathom. Does all this mean that God doesn't exist?
NO!
God will FINISH the work. God will finish what He started. We know that saying well, we've said it, we've heard it said by others- finish what you start. God will finish what He started.
Rom 9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
God will finish the work, God will cut it short in righteousness.
This is TRUTH.
2Pe 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
2Pe 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
2Pe 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
2Pe 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
2Pe 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
2Pe 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
This is TRUTH.
More tomorrow by the grace of our LORD JESUS CHRIST!
All in His LOVE - He will finish this work in righteousness, in love, in His time. May we be ready and waiting for Him when He finishes His work, all by HIM, all THROUGH HIM and the righteousness He alone possesses.
Some would quickly argue that it hasn't been a 'short work' at all. That thousands of years have passed, and no one would call thousands of years short.
Except maybe those living in eternity, maybe they have a much different idea of what a short work is.
When you live from eternity to eternity couldn't even a million, trillion years be short?
If bringing it down to humanity, to us beings who do live in time, it's still very understandable to comprehend that a 'short work' could be thousands of years, especially when we read this--
2Pe_3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
We cannot be ignorant of this.
God's word tells us- 'He will FINISH the work.' Too many don't even believe that. They don't believe it will ever be finished that things will remain as they are, or rather variations of things will remain as they are for eternity. That until mankind comes up with a way to create their own immortality, that men will continue to live and die as always. I saw a program on televison the other night all about people striving for mankind's immortality- there is a billionaire funding a whole thing on it called the 2045 Global Initiative, the Global Future, towards a new strategy for human evolution. The program talked about how there are a lot of people - the smartest of scientists in the entire world working toward human immortality. A man who is called a futurist who predicted the internet way before it became a reality, who predicted a people being able to search the internet years before it ever happened. This man predicts that in 30 years or so mankind will have figured out how to be immortal. It's true, it's factual that computers themselves are getting smarter and smarter, exponentially smarter all the time at a rate that we can't even truly fathom. Does all this mean that God doesn't exist?
NO!
God will FINISH the work. God will finish what He started. We know that saying well, we've said it, we've heard it said by others- finish what you start. God will finish what He started.
Rom 9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
God will finish the work, God will cut it short in righteousness.
This is TRUTH.
2Pe 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
2Pe 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
2Pe 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
2Pe 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
2Pe 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
2Pe 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
This is TRUTH.
More tomorrow by the grace of our LORD JESUS CHRIST!
All in His LOVE - He will finish this work in righteousness, in love, in His time. May we be ready and waiting for Him when He finishes His work, all by HIM, all THROUGH HIM and the righteousness He alone possesses.
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