Why does God manifest such mercy and long-suffering toward men?

Answer

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

What precedes the manifestation of sin ?
In His first recorded discourse, what did Christ say of the law?
What does the Bible present as the object of signing or sealing a document?
What was to he inflicted upon one of the heads of this beast?
What did John say was to be the end of this beast?
Upon what one fact does Paul base the Christian hope?
6. Looking forward to the conflicts through which His followers must pass, what cheering message did Christ send them through the Apostle John?

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