Merry Christmas!

 Good morning. Continuing where we left off with - the last state has become worse for them than the first: for it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment delivered to them. It has happened to them according to the true proverb "a dog returns to its own vomit", and here is the pig quote – "A sow, after washing, returns to its wallowing in the mire". That's not very appetizing. They will of course be very miserable; but they will blame Christianity not their own actions for their misery. They will in fact behave worse than before. He reminds them about the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles. As we've said before, it is good and necessary to be reminded of things that we have heard before. And then something that will become worse and worse: in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying "where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation". The sad thing is that it won't just be unbelievers that will be saying this. It will even be Christians asking the same question. We should keep our lives pure so that if He did come today we would be ready; but at the same time we should keep ourselves steady just in case He does not come until after we die. We should not become discouraged if He does not come in what we would call a short time. Father thank You that the reader stays steadfast and true. He/she does not listen to those who try to persuade people away from Christianity. He/she will keep on keeping on no matter when Jesus returns.