2 Peter 3:1

2 Peter 3:1 says, This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:  Peter said that this was his second letter that he wrote to them, who would be the early believers in Christ.  He said he wanted to stir up their pure minds by way of remembrance.  We need to likewise stir up our pure minds today, remembering what Christ has done for us and keeping God's will foremost in our thoughts.  Verse two adds, That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:  Peter wanted those that he was writing to, to remember both those things spoken by the prophets before Christ came and the commandments of the apostles and of their Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.  We must learn from both the Old and New Testament.  God does not change from one to the other.  Verse three continues, Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,  As this was true in the time of the early Christians, it is even more so today.  There are so many people today who would change what God's word says and call any who believe His word weak minded people who are being deceived.  They mock those who do follow Christ.  Verse four proclaims, 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.  Unbelievers in the days of the early church were already asking when Christ was going to return.  They were saying that life was going on as it always had, so why should anyone put faith in the coming return of Christ.  As can be imagined, unbelievers are even more skeptical today, but we as followers of Christ must realize that Christ will return when the time is right.  Verse five adds, 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:  Peter reminded those who said that the world had always continued the same of the flood that destroyed nearly everyone in the days of Noah.  There are many people today who deny that the flood really happened or that God's judgment at the return of Christ is really going to happen, but they are wrong in both.  Verse six continues, Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:  God destroyed the world that existed in the time of Noah by water.  It was not some natural disaster, but the judgment of God.  Verse seven states, 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.  God will sustain the world until He sends the second judgment of the world, when it will be destroyed by fire.  This is as certain as the promise to Noah.  I heard some say once that with the creation of nuclear weapons that God now had the capability to carry out this promise, but God Who controls everything in the universe has always had this power.  God has never needed the capability of people to carry out His promises.  Verse eight adds, 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.  God's time is not our time.  We may say that it has been over two thousand years since Christ was crucified, but for God, it is no more than two days.  Even that is not totally accurate, since there is no earthly time with God.