📢 Forum Update - Hello everyone! I've made an improvement to the forum that should make following active discussions much easier. Beginning today, forum topics will display the most recent replies first (while keeping the original topic post at the top), so you no longer have to navigate through multiple pages to find the latest conversation. This change also helps improve the browsing experience in long-running discussions with many pages of replies. If you notice anything that doesn't seem to be working correctly or have any feedback, please let me know. — Richard G. Here are a few thoughts, TR, on why I think He tarries: 1) LOVE: He loves people and is not willing that any should perish...He is giving people more time to repent and return to Himself. 2) CHARACTER: His character is merciful, long-suffering, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness... 3) RIGHTEOUSNESS: He is withholding His hand of judgment until the righteous (those clothed with His imputed righteousness that has nothing to do with ourselves and everything to do with Him) are removed from the city... Far be it from the righteous Judge of all the earth to destroy the righteous with the wicked. He waited for Noah and his family to get on the Ark before He sent the flood. He waited for Lot and his family to get out of Sodom and Gomorrah before He rained down fire and brimstone. He will wait for the Bride to get caught up from this sinful, fallen world before His scroll of unspeakable judgment is unleashed with the revealing of the Antichrist. 