THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER - Chapter 3 - Verse 12

Verse 12. Looking for. Not knowing when this may occur, the mind should be in that state which constitutes expectation; that is, a belief that it will occur, and a condition of mind in which we would not be taken by surprise should it happen at any moment. See Barnes "Tit 2:13".

And hasting unto the coming. Marg., as in Greek, "hasting the coming." The Greek word rendered hasting, (speudw,) means to urge on, to hasten; and then to hasten after anything, to await with eager desire. This is evidently the sense here.—Wetstein and Robinson. The state of mind which is indicated by the word is that when we are anxiously desirous that anything should occur, and when we would hasten or accelerate it if we could. The true Christian does not dread the coming of that day. He looks forward to it as the period of his redemption, and would welcome, at any time, the return of his Lord and Saviour. While he is willing to wait as long as it shall please God for the advent of his Redeemer, yet to him the brightest prospect in the future is that hour when he shall come to take him to himself.

The coming of the day of God. Called "the day of God," because God will then be manifested in his power and glory.

{a} "Looking for" Tit 2:13 {1} "hasting" "hasting the coming" {b} "melt" Isa 35:4; Mic 1:4 {+} "fervent" "great"