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We conclude our study of 2 Peter. Our Lord's return is THE eschatological and proverbial elephant in the room. If the rabbis and other serious Hebraic calendar-keepers are correct (I believe they are in this instance), we're to be the vocal, active, submitted, holy people proclaiming His imminent return. Meanwhile, our ongoing times in the word will never not address His glorious return. 

Peter admonishes the people of God to "know this FIRST" - know this "PROTO" (Primary and Preeminent) Truth: the increasing campaign of deception, lies and wickedness on earth will indeed rage against the truth of the return plans of Messiah. Meanwhile we have the wholeness of scripture for our encouragement and success.

Truth: The shaking work on earth in these days is as per the word of the Lord - purposed for the salvation of souls. Saints speaking understanding and declaring that truth in love is the hope of the world. Ignoring, denying, or manipulating that truth is robbery. Peter warns us re false and deceptive teaching. Meanwhile the saints are invited and instructed to call out to the Lord for the outpouring He's promised. Ask the Lord for rain in the time of latter rain. Zech 10:1.

Not a lot of actual 2 Peter text this AM - yet there's indisputable relevance to the work of evil on earth in these conclusive days - as our great God deals with a covenant breaking nation in our devolving world. The call to the people of God is sobering and challenging, as the global shaking increases. Prophets and saints better be telling the whole story, and only the true story.  Meanwhile the scriptures tell the story to us so that we might be fully equipped for the great exploits.  

Intent that the saints make it to the Finish Line of Faith, Peter admonishes us to diligence. And we begin our journey into sober and accurate biblical consideration of the most critical upcoming events - the radical, loud, global and glorious return of our Lord to call forth His people. Since this epistle aims to warn the saints of the increasing propagation of false and  doctrines that will find their way into Church as things heat up, we begin our pre-emptive study of the biblical prophetic account. 

Peter's second letter is powerful in its laying out the the glorious Procedure and Provision for our absolute success, at the same raising the prophetic warning flag re the assault of deception within the Church. 

Judgment begins at the house of God, for cleansing and preparation necessary for the prophesied outpouring - especially in these critical and climactic days. Each part, each generation, has always been intended to be doing its share, in humility and love, attaining to the measure of the stature of the fullness of God. 

The perfect timing of God had Jesus riding into Jerusalem on the one and only day that was prophetically purposed. That perfect-timing potential assures successful great exploits to the Spirit-led/Spirit-submitted/Spirit-obedient saints of God as we press in during these great, though challenging, times. Happy Passover. Blessed Easter. He is risen. He will return for His Bride.

These days in particular are pointed to, throughout both testaments, as the most trying of times - and we're called and therefore enabled to walk in the authority that comes with an anointing for holiness. We are assured even in the final judgments on earth our God knows who is His, and He will PassOver us.

We address the critical prophetic nature of Passover, the significance of the crucifixion timing, the invitation to us to grow in our own faith for future success during the most troubling times, and we look into some scriptures that have had lots of varying opinions re our Lord's activity in the place of the dead.