“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.”
They will say, 'Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they have always been' — the taunt questions the faithfulness of God's promise. The fathers' sleep (pateres koimaō) alludes to the delay of the parousia across generations. The uniformitarianism premise (tas archēs diamenein) asserts that constancy of natural law disproves the resurrection and renewal.
Church Fathers on 2 Peter 3:4
Let us now see what the Apostle Peter predicted concerning this judgment. There shall come, he says, in the last days scoffers. . . . Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness. There is nothing said here about the resurrection of the dead, but enough certainly regarding the destruction of this world. And by his reference to the deluge he seems as it were to suggest to us how far we should believe the ruin of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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