2 Peter - Verse-by-Verse Biblical Exegesis

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Peter summarized the ancient history of planet earth and the dramatic changes it went through in prior verses. At the present time, however, the atmosphere and the earth are being reserved in their current status quo for yet another purpose in God’s plan (Gnomic Perfect tense). It might seem to us that nothing ever changes because it has been thousands of years since the last dramatic change occurred to our planet. But God did not fall asleep; He did not forget we are here. The same Word that created, destroyed and refashioned the earth and atmosphere, Jesus Christ, is now in the act of preserving them (Durative Present tense) for a future day of judgment by fire. There is a day in the unknown future when the earth and its atmosphere will be destroyed again, but this time it will be by fire instead of water. And there’s nothing we (mankind) can do to planet earth to prevent His plans from occurring on time and as decreed. And to put a personal touch on it, because the false teachers think there will be no evaluation of believers or judgment of unbelievers in the future, Peter reminds us that unbelievers will be judged at the Great White Throne and sentenced to eternal misery. They will not be annihilated or burnt-up; they will be given a resurrection body that is able to be tortured by outer darkness and misery forever (Latin: perdition). In other words, the original creation was judged without man’s presence, but the current creation will be judged including man’s presence. It is not part of God’s plan to destroy the earth by fire and leave ungodly men untouched. Peter is not relegating the false teachers and their followers to the Great White Throne judgment; rather he is emphasizing that the 2 nd judgment includes a final reckoning of mankind. All Christians, including those who lived in reversionism with these false teachers, will be evaluated at the Judgment Seat of Christ. RELEVANT OPINIONS God determines the beginning of this universe and the end. He speaks as the Creator in the beginning, with the result that the heavens and the earth are formed. He speaks as the Judge on the last day, with the consequence that heaven and earth will be destroyed by fire. (S. Kistemaker) Since the Millennium is still future, the destruction by mankind by nuclear holocaust, environmental disaster, or any other worldwide catastrophe is not only pure fiction but humanly impossible. Only the Lord Jesus Christ Himself at the close of the Millennium will destroy the present universe and create “a new heaven and a new earth.” There all believers will dwell for all eternity. (R.B. Thieme, Jr.) The day of the Lord (3:10) includes the Tribulation, the Millennium, the Great White Throne judgment, and the destruction of the present heavens and earth. (K. Gangel) The present heavens and earth likewise are not permanent and immutable, for they “by the same Word have been stored up for fire.” The “same Word” looks back to verse 5 and indicates that the divine utterance, which so constituted the old world that it was subject to destruction, has also determined the end of the present cosmic system. The world and all within it from beginning to end are dependant upon the omnipotent Word of God. (D. Hiebert) Sadly most of humanity remains utterly unprepared for the Day of the Lord even while events involving Israel and the Middle East suggest that that Day may be very imminent. (Z. Hodges)
2 Peter 3:7 But (contrast) now (Adv. Time), the heavens (Subj. Nom.; atmosphere) and (connective) the earth (Subj. Nom.), being reserved (qhsauri,zw, Perf.PPtc.NMP, Gnomic, Attributive; stored up, laid up, maintained in their current status quo) by the same (Dat. Spec.) Word (Dat. Agency; Jesus Christ), are (eivmi, PAI3S, Durative; for as long as it takes according to His divine plan) being closely guarded (thre,w, PPPtc.NMP, Gnomic, Attributive; preserved, watched over) for a day (Acc. Extent of Time; future) of judgment (Adv. Gen. Ref.) by fire (Instr. Means; future destruction of the earth) and (continuative) eternal misery (Adv. Gen. Ref.) for ungodly (Gen. Spec.; unbelievers) men (Gen. Disadv.; Great White Throne judgment). BGT 2 Peter 3:7 oi` de. nu/n ouvranoi. kai. h` gh/ tw/| auvtw/| lo,gw| teqhsaurisme,noi eivsi.n puri, throu,menoi eivj h`me,ran kri,sewj kai. avpwlei,aj tw/n avsebw/n avnqrw,pwnÅ VUL 2 Peter 3:7 caeli autem qui nunc sunt et terra eodem verbo repositi sunt igni servati in diem iudicii et perditionis impiorum hominum LWB 2 Peter 3:8 But do not keep this one thing [point of doctrine] hidden [obscured, covered-up], beloved [members of the royal family], that one day in the presence of the Lord is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as one day. KW 2 Peter 3:8 But this one thing, stop allowing it to be hidden from you, divinely loved ones, that one day in the sight of the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. KJV 2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Because the false teachers seem oblivious to time and think nothing is going to change from the current status quo, Peter reminds us that God measures time in different ways than we experience it. Since God is eternal, He exists outside the constructs of time. He created time for us. Moreover, there is an extremely important point of doctrine about time that Peter here prohibits any Christian from forgetting or covering up (Imperative mood). We are prohibited from ever obscuring the fact that one day in the presence of the Lord is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as one day. As long as there has been false teachers, there has been controversy over this phrase. Everyone seems to agree that the adverb hos can be translated as a comparative, but there is intense disagreement over the equally legitimate translation of hos as qualitative or equivalence. In other words, is this just a generic phrase meaning “time according to God is different than time as measured by man?” Or does the phrase means “one day as measured by man equals one thousand years according to God’s clock?” Those who
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TRANSLATION HIGHLIGHTS Peter contin
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which whosoever lives is counted de
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doctrine in daily life, the more th
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very moment that Christ is received
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as they were borne on by the Holy S
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keeping them from sin and error. (S
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