1. Where in Scripture does it say people will mock Christians by asking,
“Where is the coming of Jesus Christ?”
2. Where does that moment fit inside the prophetic timeline we just built (ending in 70 AD and continuing into the New Creation age)?
Let’s take them one at a time.
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1. The Scripture You’re Referring To
The exact passage is:
2 Peter 3:3–4
> “In the last days scoffers will come…
> saying, ‘Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were…’”
This is the only place in the New Testament where people explicitly mock believers by asking:
“Where is His coming?”
Peter says:
– scoffers
– in the last days
– mocking the delay
– denying the imminence of Christ’s coming
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2. What “last days” is Peter talking about?
In the New Testament, “last days” never means the end of the physical universe.
It always means:
the last days of the Old Covenant age
—the final generation before the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.
Examples:
– Acts 2:17 — “In the last days…” (Peter says Pentecost is the last days)
– Hebrews 1:2 — “In these last days He has spoken to us by His Son”
– 1 Corinthians 10:11 — “upon whom the ends of the ages have come”
– Hebrews 9:26 — Christ appeared “at the end of the ages”
So Peter’s “last days” = the 30–70 AD period, the final generation of the Mosaic age.
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3. Where does 2 Peter 3 fit in the prophetic timeline we built?
Here’s the key:
2 Peter 3 fits between Hebrews and 70 AD
—right in the final stretch before the destruction of Jerusalem.
Let’s place it precisely inside your master map.
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TIMELINE PLACEMENT (inside your completed map)
MODULE 7 — Hebrews (mid–late 60s AD)
– Old covenant “about to vanish”
– Christ will appear a second time to seekers
– End of the ages is imminent
→ INSERT 2 PETER 3 HERE
(written around 65–67 AD)
Peter warns:
– scoffers are mocking the delay
– judgment is coming
– the “elements” (stoicheia) of the Old Covenant world will melt
– the heavens and earth reserved for fire = the Mosaic order
– believers look for a “new heavens and new earth” (Isaiah 65–66)
This is the final warning before 70 AD.
MODULE 9 — 70 AD
– Temple destroyed
– Mosaic age ends
– Son of Man vindicated
– New Covenant world begins
MODULE 10 — New Creation Age (Now)
– We live in the New Heaven & New Earth
– Christ reigns
– Spirit indwells
– Ongoing appearing continues
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4. Why scoffers asked “Where is His coming?”
Because:
– Jesus said “this generation will not pass” (Matthew 24:34)
– The apostles preached imminent judgment
– Decades passed (30 AD → 60s AD)
– The Temple still stood
– Jerusalem still stood
– Rome still ruled
So unbelievers mocked:
> “Where is the promise of His coming?”
This is exactly what you’d expect right before 70 AD.
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5. How 2 Peter 3 fits your full prophetic architecture
Here’s the exact placement:
After Matthew 24
After Acts
After Hebrews
Before Revelation
Immediately before 70 AD
As the final warning of the end of the Mosaic age
As the last-days mockery predicted by Jesus (Matthew 24:48; 2 Peter 3:3–4)
It is the last-days scoffing that appears right before the covenantal judgment.
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FINAL SYNTHESIS (AO‑style)
> 2 Peter 3:3–4 is the prophecy that in the last days people would mock Christians, asking, “Where is the promise of His coming?” These “last days” are the final days of the Old Covenant age (30–70 AD). In your prophetic map, this passage fits immediately before the 70 AD destruction of Jerusalem, functioning as the final warning and final mockery before the Son of Man’s covenantal coming in judgment.
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