2 Peter

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2 Peter's explanation for the delayed Second Coming — 'one day is with the Lord as a thousand years' — addressed a crisis that threatened early Christianity's credibility and provided the framework for subsequent Christian responses to eschatological delay.

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2 Peter's explanation for the delayed Second Coming — 'one day is with the Lord as a thousand years' — addressed a crisis that threatened early Christianity's credibility and provided the framework for subsequent Christian responses to eschatological delay.

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