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Where is the promise of his coming? Since the
          fathers fell asleep, everything has continued as
          they were from the beginning of the creation.

          These are willingly ignorant that by the word of
          God,  the  heavens  were  of  old,  and  the  earth

          standing  out  of  the  water  and  in  the  water:
          whereby  the  world  that  then  was,  being
          overflowed  with  water,  perished:  but  the
          present heavens and earth, by the same word
          are kept in store, reserved for fire in the day of
          judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

          But,  beloved,  don't  be  ignorant  of  this  one

          thing,  that  one  day  is  with  the  Lord  as  a
          thousand  years  and  a  thousand  years  as  one
          day. The Lord is not slack concerning his

          promise,  as  some  men  count  slackness,
          but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that
          any should perish, but that all should come to
          repentance.

          15 Jesus said to them: It is not for you to know
          the times or the seasons, which the Father has

          put  in  his  own  power.  But  you  shall  receive
          power,  after  that  the  Holy  Ghost  has  come
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