Tying up the loose ends has gotten to be difficult. It's like a rope that keeps "undoing" itself – never quite stays together.
Here at the end of Second Peter, there is a echo in chapter 3 where verses 9 and 15 talk about how patient God is with us. Now the actual word is that the "Lord" is patient with us. Patient because he doesn't want anyone to "perish" or not be on the list to spend forever with Him. However, it does not say that His patience lasts forever.[more]
It does say that He waits for us, but we can miss that. Maybe it's like the sale at the store – they were there until they closed, and tomorrow is another day AND the item you wanted will no longer be on sale! If you and I wanted to take advantage of the lower price, we should have been there!
The store wanted as many people as possible to take advantage of the reduced price, but you had to be there. It wasn't some "Internet-Only" event – it was an in person thing. So it is with the Lord, who waits patiently for us to show up and claim our prize. We have no idea when the doors close, and so we do other things, and miss the opportunity of a lifetime.
We may protest that the doorkeeper should have let us know when the offer ended, but that will be too late. He is waiting – we are doing the "dilly-dally".
Read "The Final Knot" tomorrow…