Why hasn't Jesus come back yet?

Chuck Smith's answer was the patience of God: "the real delay in the return of Jesus Christ is just God's unwillingness that men should perish." Peter gives the same reason: "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). Read Chuck on 2 Peter 3:9 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.

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