What explains God's apparent delay in dealing with Sin ?

Answer

'The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to
towards us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." 2 Peter 3: 9.

What rendered it possible for God to treat sinners thus?
What admission did they secure from Him as the basis of condemning Him?
How did Pilate comply with their request?
What words of Peter seem to indicate another outpouring of the Spirit?
Whose Spirit inspired their utterances?
When was the little horn to arise?
Why did Christ, in the parable, reprove the man who hid his talent?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle