Another apprehension of the Universal Hope

2 Peter 1:19

We possess the prophetic message as something altogether reliable. Keep your attention closely fixed on it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Psalm 130 v.:3, 6

If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt,
Lord, who would survive?
But with you is found forgiveness:
for this we revere you.

Let the watchman count on daybreak
And Israel on the Lord.

The message we have received, the reliable and prophetic word, is that of forgiveness—the completely prodigal repeal of all our littleness by the Lord who has loved us, and loved us before we ever thought to love him. WE find forgiveness in the Lord, and so there is a reason we rejoice in him. God alone is our clear light; our surety, our safety and our hope.

How can we ever assume that this love is just for us, who ever we may be, and not also for them, all the not-we of the world. If we have God's reliable and trustworthy word, how can we continue to be afraid of the dark, or of our neighbor?