If verse 7 went forward to the appearing of Jesus Christ, and verse 8 came back to the present, then verse 9 joins both together. You receive the end of your faith now the endpoint, the purpose, the object; the goal of your faith is salvation.
We can enjoy the salvation of our souls even now and marvel and thrill at these things, but not without reflecting on them. If you are young, do you ever reflect on eternity? Do you think, ‘Maybe that’s more relevant to a believer who is as old, but not for me’? I have got so many years to go. Well, that is a great tragedy because this is a large percentage of your assurance and your rejoicing. Not only that, but it is a very powerful means of keeping yourself from being swallowed up by this present world and ensnared by it, to always have in your mind the real glories and the wonders which are to come and which are yours in Christ Jesus.