{My lord tarrieth} (chronizei mou ho kurios). That is the
temptation and to give way to indulge in fleshly appetites or to
pride of superior intellect. Within a generation scoffers will be
asking where is the promise of the coming of Christ ( 2Pe 3:4 ).
They will forget that God's clock is not like our clock and that
a day with the Lord may be a thousand years or a thousand years
as one day ( 2Pe 3:8 ).