In this Scripture, Peter is speaking about the end of CHRIST’S MILLENNIAL KINGDOM (“since all these things will be dissolved”), and how Christians during this time should think about who they will be and how they’re living and acting when that day comes.
The reality is, if you’ve accepted Christ as your Savior, then you will have already been RAPTURED before the beginning and end of CHRIST’S MILLENNIAL KINGDOM.
But perhaps Peter’s words should be provoking a question in the Christian’s heart today: What kind of person do I want to be when God fulfills the RAPTURE of the church?
Do I want to be coasting in my spiritual life the way I have been for so long? Do I want to be immature spiritually? Not a student of Scripture or even knowledgeable in it? Foul-mouthed? Overeater? Selfish? Non-leader? Non-seeker? Useless to the cause of Christ?
I know for me; the answer is NO to all of these things. I don’t want to be this out of touch with Jesus when God RAPTURES His church. I want to be MORE.
I think at his point in history, Peter wanted MORE as well. The man that walked with Jesus during the heights of his earthly ministry and saw every incredible thing God did during that time…denied Christ three times not long after Jesus was taken into custody by the Romans.
I think Peter understood how quickly a Christian can fall away from God and live a purposeless existence. The core of Peter’s challenge is clear in 2 Peter 3:11…in the very moment that God comes for you, what kind of person do you want to be, and what kind of life do you want to be leading?
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