2 Peter 3:4

“And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? etc.] That is, of the coming of the Lord and Saviour, (<610302>2 Peter 3:2); the object of their scorn and derision, and whom they name not, through contempt; and the meaning is, what is become of the promise of his coming? where the accomplishment of it? The prophets foretold he would come; he himself said he would come again, (<431403>John 14:3,28); the angels, at his ascension, declared he would come from heaven in like manner as he went up, (<440111>Acts 1:11); and all his apostles gave out that he would appear a second time to judge both quick and dead, (<441042>Acts 10:42 <550401>2 Timothy 4:1) (<600405>1 Peter 4:5), and that his coming…”

“(Compare Psa 10:11; Psa 73:11.) Presumptuous skepticism and lawless lust, setting nature and its so-called laws above the God of nature and revelation, and arguing from the past continuity of nature's phenomena that there can be no future interruption to them, was the sin of the antediluvians, and shall be that of the scoffers in the last days. Where--implying that it ought to have taken place before this, if ever it was to take place, but that it never will. the promise--which you, believers, are so continually looking for the fulfilment of (Pe2 3:13). What becomes of the promise which you talk so much of? his--Christ's; the subject of prophecy from the earliest days. the fathers--to whom…”

“And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? - That is, either, Where is the “fulfillment” of that promise; or, Where are the “indications” or “signs” that he will come? They evidently meant to imply that the promise had utterly failed; that there was not the slightest evidence that it would be accomplished; that they who had believed this were entirely deluded. It is possible that some of the early Christians, even in the time of the apostles, had undertaken to fix the time when these events would occur, as many have done since; and that as that time had passed by, they inferred that the prediction had utterly failed. But whether this were so or not, it was easy to allege that the…”

“Saying, Where is the promise of his coming - To judgment (They do not even deign to name him.) We see no sign of any such thing. For ever since the fathers - Our first ancestors. Fell asleep, all things - Heaven. water, earth. Continue as they were from the beginning of the creation - Without any such material change as might make us believe they will ever end. 2 Peter 3:5”

“3:4 From before the times of our ancestors: The false teachers were probably claiming that, for all of God’s promises to intervene in history, things had not really changed and never would.”

“where: Gen 19:14; Ecc 1:9, Ecc 8:11; Isa 5:18, Isa 5:19; Jer 5:12, Jer 5:13, Jer 17:15; Eze 12:22-27; Mal 2:17; Mat 24:28; Luk 12:45 from the beginning: Mar 13:19; Rev 3:14 2 Peter 3:5”