4 Bible Verses about Delay Of The Second Coming
Most Relevant Verses
Luke 15:20
"So he rose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and pitied him, and ran and threw his arms round his neck and kissed him tenderly.
Romans 9:22
And what if God, while choosing to make manifest the terrors of His anger and to show what is possible with Him, has yet borne with long-forbearing patience with the subjects of His anger who stand ready for destruction,
2 Peter 3:9
Verse Concepts
Not DestroyedPromises respectingPromises concerningGod Gives RepentancePromisesBeing PatientpatientpatientsFeeling LostGod Not DelayingGod's PromisesLongsuffering Of GodGod, Patience OfRepentanceRemembering
Divine DelaysGod, Will OfGod WillingRepentance, Importance OfGod, Faithfulness OfSalvation, Possible To All MenPunishment, DelayedRestraintevangelism, motivation forPatience As A Fruit Of The SpiritAge Of AccountabilityHesitationSin, And God's CharacterGod's attitude towards peopleWaiting For God's Timing
The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise, in the sense in which some men speak of slowness. But He bears patiently with you, His desire being that no one should perish but that all should come to repentance.
