Selling books on the subreddit is not allowed.Don't solicit or promote illegitimate copies.Even if your post is art, please consider what it might give away. We're not here to ruin someone else's enjoyment just because they haven't finished the series. Allow everyone to experience the books as they choose. We're here to talk about something we all like. Focus on remaining respectful at all times. No forms of racism, sexism, homophobia, bigotry, or personal insults are allowed. Malazan Wiki New Readers Zone (including spoiler free fan art).He is mercifully creating more space for more people to repent and turn to Him.For discussion of all things Malazan. Here, Peter shows us God's heart for the people He has created: He wants them all to be saved, but He will not force them all to be saved.Īs Peter tells us, that's one reason God allows more time-the very time mocked by the false teachers-prior to the return of Christ.

If God is truly sovereign, He can sovereignly allow us to choose things He does not prefer, for His own reasons. However, in His sovereignty and power, God decided not to demand-force-all people to actually be saved. That is, He would prefer that all would be saved.

The overall message of Scripture is that God does not desire anyone's damnation. Peter likely refers to eternal death following God's judgment on the day of the Lord. God doesn't want anyone to perish or die. This is God's plan to allow more people opportunity to place their trust in Christ in order to enter into eternal relationship with Him. In His love-driven patience, God is willing to give more time for more people to come to repentance. In this case, Christians should view the delay in Christ's return as evidence of God's patience, not of His tardiness. God is the one who made the schedule: He cannot be 'late.' Instead, God keeps every promise at the perfect time for His glory and for the good of those He loves. Here in this verse, Peter insists that we cannot apply human demands about time to the promises of God. Peter's point is that God does not suffer the limitations of time, or confusion about it, the way human beings do. For God, a thousand years is like a day and vice versa. In verse 8, Peter urged his readers to remember that the Lord is not bound by human time. Don't resist immorality there will be no judgment. They ask, 'Where is this coming Jesus promised?' They teach that it's been too long Christ is not coming. Peter continues to answer the mocking of the false teachers working among the Christians in the early church.

The god is not willing