|
II Peter
Peter, to them that have obtained the same precious faith
Our knowledge of God
Great and precious promises
Things to add to your faith
Without those added things
How to never fall
The importance of
Remembrance
The coming of the
Lord Jesus Christ
An
eyewitness report to the majesty of Jesus
There's no
private interpretation of scripture
There shall be false teachers among you and many shall follow them
They'll make merchandise
of you
Angels in hell, bound in chains of darkness, reserved for judgment
Examples for the ungodly
God knows how to deliver the just, and punish the unjust
Those that speak evil of things they don't understand, and their
rewards Not
able to cease from sin
Enticing and
entrapment of unstable souls
The false
teachers are as wells without water
Once saved always saved?
It's better not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have
known, then turn from it
By way of remembrance
In the last days there will be scoffers, (or mockers),
about the second coming of Christ.
Some who are willingly ignorant of an earth and heavenly age before
One day is with
God as a thousand years
Its not Gods will that any perish, but that all should repent
The day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night
Eagerly
awaiting the coming of the day of God
New heavens and a new earth
Peter makes reference to the apostle Paul and his writings
Now you know these things before they come about. Beware
Peter, to them that have obtained the same precious faith
2 Pet 1:1 Simon Peter, a
servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained
like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and
our Saviour Jesus Christ:
Rom 1:12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by
the mutual faith both of you and me.
Our
knowledge of God
2 Pet 1:2 Grace and peace be
multiplied unto you through the knowledge[1] of God, and of
Jesus our Lord,
1
"KNOWLEDGE": 1922. epignosis, ep-ig'-no-sis; from G1921;
recognition, i.e. (by impl.) full discernment,
acknowledgment:--(ac-) knowledge (-ing, -ment).
1921.
epiginosko, ep-ig-in-oce'-ko; from G1909 and G1097; to know upon
some mark, i.e. recognise; by impl. to become fully
acquainted with, to acknowledge:--(ac-, have, take) know
(-ledge, well), perceive.
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee,
that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast
forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy
children.
Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy,
and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than
burnt offerings.
2 Pet 1:3 According as his divine
power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life
and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called
us to glory and virtue:
Great and precious
promises
2 Pet 1:4 Whereby are given
unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye
might be partakers[1] of the divine nature[2], having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through lust.
1
"PARTAKERS": 2844. koinonos, koy-no-nos'; from G2839;
a sharer, i.e. associate:--companion, X fellowship,
partaker, partner.
2
"NATURE": 5449. phusis, foo'-sis; from G5453;
growth (by germination or expansion), i.e.
(by impl.) natural production (lineal descent); by extens. a
genus or sort; fig. native disposition, constitution or
usage:--([man-]) kind, nature ([-al]).
Things to add to your
faith
2 Pet 1:5 And beside this,
giving all diligence[1], add to your faith virtue[2]; and to
virtue knowledge[3];
1
"DILIGENCE": 4710. spoude, spoo-day'; from G4692; "speed",
i.e. (by impl.) despatch, eagerness, earnestness:--business,
(earnest) care (-fulness), diligence forwardness, haste.
2
"VIRTUE": 703. arete, ar-et'-ay; from the same as G730;
prop. manliness (valor), i.e. excellence
(intrinsic or attributed):--praise, virtue.
3
"KNOWLEDGE": 1108. gnosis, gno'-sis; from G1097; knowing
(the act), i.e. (by impl.) knowledge:--knowledge, science.
2 Pet 1:6 And to knowledge
temperance[1]; and to temperance patience[2]; and to patience
godliness;
1
"TEMPERANCE": 1466. egkrateia, eng-krat'-i-ah; from
G1468; self-control (espec.
continence):--temperance.
2
"PATIENCE": 5281. hupomone, hoop-om-on-ay'; from G5278;
cheerful (or hopeful) endurance,
constancy:--enduring, patience, patient continuance (waiting).
2 Pet 1:7 And to godliness
brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2 Pet 1:8 For if these things be
in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be
barren[1] nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
1
"BARREN": 692. argos, ar-gos'; from G1 (as a neg.
particle) and G2041; inactive, i.e.
unemployed; (by impl.) lazy, useless:--barren,
idle, slow.
Without those added
things
2 Pet 1:9 But he that lacketh
these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath
forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
How to never fall
2 Pet 1:10 Wherefore the
rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election
sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
An Entrance into the everlasting kingdom of Jesus
Christ
2 Pet 1:11 For so an entrance
shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting[1]
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
1
"EVERLASTING": 166. aionios, ahee-o'-nee-os; from G165;
perpetual (also used of past time, or past and future as
well):--eternal, for ever, everlasting, world (began).
The importance of Remembrance
2 Pet 1:12 Wherefore I will not
be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things,
though ye know them, and be established in the
present truth.
2 Pet 1:13 Yea, I think it meet,
as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir[1] you up by putting
you in remembrance;
1
"STIR": 1326. diegeiro, dee-eg-i'-ro; from G1223 and
G1453; to wake fully, i.e. arouse (lit. or
fig.):--arise, awake, raise, stir up.
2 Pet 1:14 Knowing that shortly I
must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus
Christ hath showed me.
2 Pet 1:15 Moreover I will
endeavour[1] that ye may be able after my decease to have these
things always in remembrance.
1
"ENDEAVOUR": 4704. spoudazo, spoo-dad'-zo; from G4710;
to use speed, i.e. to make effort, be prompt or
earnest:--do (give) diligence, be diligent (forward), endeavour,
labour, study.
The coming of the Lord Jesus Christ
An
eyewitness report to the majesty of Jesus
2 Pet 1:16 For we have not
followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the
power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Pet 1:17 For he received from
God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him
from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased.
Mat 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway
out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and
he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting
upon him:
Mat 3:17 And lo a voice from
heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.
2 Pet 1:18 And this voice which
came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
Mat 17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias
talking with him.
Mat 17:4 Then answered Peter,
and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou
wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one
for Moses, and one for Elias.
Mat 17:5 While he yet spake,
behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out
of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I
am well pleased; hear ye him.
Mat 17:6 And when the
disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore
afraid.
2 Pet 1:19 We have also a more
sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as
unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and
the day star arise in your hearts:
There's
no private interpretation of scripture
2 Pet 1:20 Knowing this first,
that no prophecy[1] of the scripture is of any private[2]
interpretation.
1
"PROPHECY": 4394. propheteia, prof-ay-ti'-ah; from G4396
("prophecy"); prediction (scriptural or
other):--prophecy, prophesying.
2
"PRIVATE": 2398. idios, id'-ee-os; of uncert. affin.;
pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by
impl. private or separate:--X his acquaintance, when they were
alone, apart, aside, due, his (own, proper, several), home,
(her, our, thine, your) own (business), private (-ly), proper,
severally, their (own).
2 Pet 1:21 For the prophecy came
not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as
they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Just as The Holy Spirit was necessary for the prophets and
apostles in the writing of God's word, it's also needed to
understand It. Read Revelation 5:1 thru 9,
to discover who can reveal it to you. Jesus can open your mind
to understanding. But, you do have to study.
2 Tim 2:15 Study to show
thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
There shall be false teachers among you
and many shall follow them
2 Pet 2:1 But there were false
prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false
teachers among you, who privily[1] shall bring in damnable
heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon
themselves swift destruction.
1
"PRIVILY": 3919. pareisago, par-ice-ag'-o; from G3844 and
G1521; to lead in aside, i.e. introduce surreptitiously:--privily
bring in.
2 Pet 2:2 And many shall follow
their pernicious[1] ways; by reason of whom the way of truth
shall be evil spoken of.
1
"PERNICIOUS": 684. apoleia, ap-o'-li-a; from a presumed
der. of G622; ruin or loss (phys., spiritual or
eternal):--damnable (-nation), destruction, die,
perdition, X perish, pernicious ways, waste.
They'll
make merchandise of you
2 Pet 2:3 And through
covetousness shall they with feigned[1] words make merchandise of
you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their
damnation slumbereth not.
1
"FEIGNED": 4112. plastos, plas-tos'; from G4111; moulded,
i.e. (by impl.) artificial or (fig.) fictitious (false):--feigned.
Angels in hell, bound in chains
of darkness, reserved for judgment
2 Pet 2:4 For if God spared not
the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell[1], and
delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved[2]
unto judgment;
1
"HELL": 5020. tartaroo, tar-tar-o'-o; from Tartaros
(the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in
eternal torment:--cast down to hell.
2
"RESERVED": 5083. tereo, tay-reh'-o; from teros (a
watch; perh. akin to G2334); to guard
(from loss or injury, prop. by keeping the eye upon;
and thus differing from G5442, which is prop. to prevent
escaping; and from G2892, which implies a fortress or full
military lines of apparatus), i.e. to note (a prophecy; fig. to
fulfil a command); by impl. to detain (in custody; fig. to
maintain); by extens. to withhold (for personal ends; fig. to
keep unmarried):--hold fast, keep (-er), (ob-, pre-, re) serve,
watch.
Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but
left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting
chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Examples for the
ungodly
2 Pet 2:5 And spared not the old
world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of
righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the
ungodly;
Gen 7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house
into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this
generation.
2 Pet 2:6 And turning the
cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with
an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that
after should live ungodly;
Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them
in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going
after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the
vengeance of eternal fire.
2 Pet 2:7 And delivered just Lot,
vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
2 Pet 2:8 (For that righteous man
dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his
righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
God knows how to deliver the just, and punish the unjust
2 Pet 2:9 The Lord knoweth how
to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust
unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Those that speak evil of things they
don't understand, and their rewards
2 Pet 2:10 But chiefly them
that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and
despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled,
they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
2 Pet 2:11 Whereas angels, which
are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against
them before the Lord.
Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the
devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring
against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke
thee.
2 Pet 2:12 But these, as
natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of
the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in
their own corruption;
2 Pet 2:13 And shall receive
the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it
pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and
blemishes, sporting[1] themselves with their own deceivings[2]
while they feast with you;
1
"SPORTING": 1792. entruphao, en-troo-fah'-o; from G1722
and G5171; to revel in:--sporting selves.
5171. truphao, troo-fah'-o;
from G5172; to indulge in luxury:--live in
pleasure.
2
"DECEIVINGS": 539. apate, ap-at'-ay; from G538;
delusion:--deceit (-ful, -fulness), deceivableness (-ving).
Not able to cease from
sin
Enticing
and entrapment of unstable souls
2 Pet 2:14 Having eyes full of
adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling[1]
unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous
practices; cursed children:
1
"BEGUILING": 1185. deleazo, del-eh-ad'-zo; from the base
of G1388; to entrap, i.e. (fig.) delude:--allure,
beguile, entice.
2 Pet 2:15 Which have forsaken the
right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the
son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
2 Pet 2:16 But was rebuked for his
iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness
of the prophet.
Read Numbers 22:5 thru 34 for
the story of the talking ass.
The
false teachers are as wells without water
2 Pet 2:17 These are wells
without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom
the mist of darkness is reserved for ever[1].
1
"EVER": 165. aion, ahee-ohn'; from the same as G104;
prop. an age; by extens. perpetuity (also
past); by impl. the world; spec. (Jewish) a Messianic
period (present or future):--age, course, eternal,
(for) ever (-more), [n-]ever, (beginning of the, while the)
world (began, without end). Comp. G5550.
Jude 1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they
feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are
without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Jude 1:13 Raging waves of the
sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is
reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
2 Pet 2:18 For when they speak
great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts
of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean
escaped from them who live in error.
2 Pet 2:19 While they promise them
liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom
a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
Once saved always saved?
2 Pet 2:20 For if after they
have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of
the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein,
and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
Once saved always saved?
It's better not to have known the way
of righteousness, than to have known, then turn from it
2 Pet 2:21 For it had been
better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than,
after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment
delivered unto them.
Once saved always saved?
Ezek 3:20 Again, When a
righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit
iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall
die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die
in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall
not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine
hand.
Ezek 18:24 But when the
righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that
the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his
righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his
trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath
sinned, in them shall he die.
Ezek 33:12 Therefore, thou son
of man, say unto the children of thy people, The
righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day
of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked,
he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his
wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for
his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
Ezek 33:13 When I shall say to
the righteous, that he shall surely live;
if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit
iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but
for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
Ezek 33:18
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and
committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
2 Pet 2:22 But it is happened unto
them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his
own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the
mire.
Prov 26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth
to his folly.
By way of remembrance
2 Pet 3:1 This second epistle,
beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir[1] up
your pure[2] minds by way of remembrance:
1
"STIR": 1326. diegeiro, dee-eg-i'-ro; from G1223 and
G1453; to wake fully, i.e. arouse (lit. or
fig.):--arise, awake, raise, stir up.
2
"PURE": 1506. eilikrines, i-lik-ree-nace'; from heile
(the sun's ray) and G2919; judged by sunlight,
i.e. tested as genuine (fig.):--pure, sincere.
Like I Peter, this letter is written to those scattered
abroad, to the elect, according to the foreknowledge of
God.
1 Pet 1:1 Peter, an apostle of
Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1 Pet 1:2 Elect according
to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through
sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of
the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be
multiplied.
Phil 1:10 That ye may approve
things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere[1] and without
offence till the day of Christ;
1 "SINCERE": 1506.
eilikrines, i-lik-ree-nace'; from heile (the sun's ray) and
G2919; judged by sunlight, i.e. tested as genuine
(fig.):--pure, sincere.
2 Pet 3:2 That ye may be mindful
of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of
the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
In the last days there will be scoffers,
(or mockers),
about the second coming of Christ.
2 Pet 3:3 Knowing this first, that
there shall come in the last days scoffers[1], walking after
their own lusts,
1
"SCOFFERS": 1703. empaiktes, emp-aheek-tace'; from G1702;
a derider, i.e. (by impl.) a false teacher:--mocker,
scoffer.
2 Pet 3:4 And saying, Where is
the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep,
all things continue as they were from the beginning[1] of the
creation[2].
1
"BEGINNING": 746. arche, ar-khay'; from G756; (prop.
abstr.) a commencement, or (concr.) chief (in
various applications of order, time, place or rank):--beginning,
corner, (at the, the) first (estate),
magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.
2
"CREATION": 2937. ktisis, ktis'-is; from G2936;
original formation (prop. the act; by impl. the
thing, lit. or fig.):--building, creation, creature,
ordinance.
2936.
ktizo, ktid'-zo; prob. akin to G2932 (through the idea of the
proprietorship of the manufacturer); to fabricate, i.e.
found (form originally):--create, Creator, make.
This goes all the back to the creation.
Amos 6:3 Ye that put far away
the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
You gonna put the Lord's
coming out of your mind? It ain't gonna happen?
Some who are willingly ignorant
of an earth and heavenly age before
2 Pet 3:5 For this they
willingly are ignorant[1] of, that by the word of God the heavens
were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the
water:
1
"IGNORANT": 2990. lanthano, lan-than'-o; a prol. form of
a prim. verb, which is used only as an alt. in certain tenses;
to lie hid (lit. or fig.); often used adv. unwittingly:--be hid,
be ignorant of, unawares.
People willingly ignore God's
word. I guess they're afraid they'll be more responsible, if
they become aware of truth.
Gen 1:1 In the beginning God
created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was
without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the
deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Note, the earth standing out
of the water and in the water at the original creation.
Sounds contradictory to Genesis 1:2
unless you consider the earth became void and without
form.
Rom 10:3 For they being
ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to
establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves
unto the righteousness of God.
2 Pet 3:6 Whereby the world
that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
The first earth and heavenly age.
2 Pet 3:7 But the heavens and
the earth, which are now[1], by the same word are kept in store,
reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of
ungodly men.
1
"NOW": 3568. nun, noon; a prim. particle of present
time; "now" (as adv. of date, a transition or
emphasis); also as noun or adj. present or
immediate:--henceforth, + hereafter, of late, soon, present,
this (time). See also G3569, G3570.
This, the second earth and heavenly
age.
One day is with God as a thousand years
2 Pet 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.
Psa 90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday
when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
It's not God's will that any
perish, but that all should repent
2 Pet 3:9 The Lord is not slack
concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is
longsuffering[1] to us-ward, not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance.
1
"LONGSUFFERING": 3114. makrothumeo, mak-roth-oo-meh'-o;
from the same as G3116; to be long-spirited, i.e. (obj.)
forbearing or (subj.) patient:--bear (suffer)
long, be longsuffering, have (long) patience, be
patient, patiently endure.
See Hos 4:6 and Eze 33:11. See Ezekiel
18:32.
Perish for what? For
starters, maybe being one of that 1/3 that followed Satan.
Rev 12:3 And there appeared
another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,
having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his
heads.
Rev 12:4 And
his tail drew the third part of the stars of
heaven, and did cast them to the earth:
and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be
delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Hosea 4:6 My people are
destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest
to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will
also forget thy children.
Ezek 33:11 Say unto them, As I
live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of
the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live:
turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O
house of Israel?
Ezek 18:32 For I have no
pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD:
wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Mat 18:14
Even so it is not the will of your
Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should
perish.
Hosea 14:2 Take with you
words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all
iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the
calves of our lips.
Psa 86:15 But thou, O Lord,
art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering,
and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Jer 4:1 If thou wilt return, O
Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put
away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not
remove.
The day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night
2 Pet 3:10 But the day of the
Lord[1] will come as a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens[2] shall pass[3] away with a great noise[4], and the
elements[5] shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the
works[6] that are therein shall be burned[7] up.
1
"LORD": 2962. kurios, koo'-ree-os; from kuros
(supremacy); supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun)
controller; by impl. Mr. (as a respectful title):--God,
Lord, master, Sir.
2
"HEAVENS": 3772. ouranos, oo-ran-os'; perh. from the same as
G3735 (through the idea of elevation); the sky; by extens.
heaven (as the abode of God); by impl. happiness, power,
eternity; spec. the Gospel (Christianity):--air, heaven ([-ly]),
sky.
3
"PASS": 3928. parerchomai, par-er'-khom-ahee; from G3844 and
G2064; to come near or aside, i.e. to approach (arrive), go by
(or away), (fig.) perish or neglect, (caus.) avert:--come
(forth), go, pass (away, by, over), past, transgress.
4
"NOISE": 4500. rhoizedon, hroyd-zay-don'; adv. from a der. of
rhoizos (a whir); whizzingly, i.e. with a
crash:--with a great noise.
5
"ELEMENTS": 4747. stoicheion, stoy-khi'-on; neut. of a presumed
der. of the base of G4748; something orderly in
arrangement, i.e. (by impl.) a serial (basal,
fundamental, initial) constituent (lit.), proposition
(fig.):--element, principle, rudiment.
4748.
stoicheo, stoy-kheh'-o; from a der. of steicho (to range
in regular line); to march in (military) rank
(keep step), i.e. (fig.) to conform to virtue and
piety:--walk (orderly).
6
"WORKS": 2041. ergon, er'-gon; from a prim. (but obsol.) ergo (to
work); toil (as an effort or
occupation); by impl. an act:--deed, doing, labour,
work.
7
"BURNED": 2618. katakaio, kat-ak-ah'ee-o; from G2596 and G2545;
to burn down (to the ground), i.e. consume wholly:--burn
(up, utterly).
Note the meaning of the word
Lord above.
Could this verse be describing two events? Not only the return
of Jesus but events at the end of the one thousand year reign of
Christ? At the destruction of the devil? ????
Rev 20:7 And when the
thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of
his prison,
Rev 20:8 And shall go out
to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the
earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the
number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Rev 20:9 And they went up
on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the
saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down
from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Rev 20:10 And the devil
that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are,
and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
See Heb 12:29 where
it states that God is a consuming fire. See 1 Th 5:3 thru 1
Th 5:9 where it states that we are
children of the light and not of the darkness and that that day
will not overtake us.
Thief in the night simply
means: (You're not expecting him). Why? Most think their Christ
has already come.
Read
Joel 1 and Joel 2, Rev. 9 about
the army or governmental system as described in the word
elements. See also Isa 9:6 - 7, Psa 67:4, Dan
4:3, Luk 1:31 - 33.
Note the word host,(H6635)
and it's prime (H6633), as used in Gen 2:1,
when God first set up this earth age.
6635.
tsaba', tsaw-baw'; or (fem.) tseba'ah, tseb-aw-aw'; from H6633;
a mass of persons (or fig. things), espec. reg. organized
for war (an army); by impl. a
campaign, lit. or fig. (spec. hardship,
worship):--appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host,
service, soldiers, waiting upon, war (-fare).
6633.
tsaba', tsaw-baw'; a prim. root; to mass (an army or
servants):--assemble, fight, perform,
muster, wait upon, war.
Is this the governmental
system, or at least the setting up of it, that Jesus will
destroy when when he sets up His government?
Luke 12:49
I am come to send fire on the earth; and
what will I, if it be already kindled?
Who does Jesus expect to be
lighting and kindling the fire before He appears? US. See
Psa 104:4.
Psa 46:6 The heathen raged,
the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth
melted.
Job 38:12 Hast thou commanded
the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his
place;
Job 38:13 That it might take
hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be
shaken out of it?
2 Pet 3:11 Seeing then
that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and
godliness,
Eagerly
awaiting the
coming of the day of God
2 Pet 3:12 Looking for and
hasting[1] unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the
heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat?
1
"HASTING": 4692. speudo, spyoo'-do; prob. strengthened
from G4228; to "speed" ("study"), i.e. urge
on (diligently or earnestly); by impl. to await
eagerly:--(make, with) haste unto.
Note, this is
definitely the coming of God, not Jesus and happens after the
1,000 year reign of Christ.
Rev 20:9 And they went up on
the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints
about, and the beloved city: and fire
came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Rev 20:10 And the devil
that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone,
where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be
tormented day and night for ever and ever.
New heavens
and a new earth
2 Pet 3:13 Nevertheless we,
according to his promise, look for new[1] heavens and a new earth,
wherein dwelleth righteousness.
1
"NEW": 2537. kainos, kahee-nos'; of uncert. affin.;
new (espec. in freshness; while G3501
is prop. so with respect to age):--new.
3501. neos, neh'-os; includ.
the comp. neoteros, neh-o'-ter-os; a prim. word; "new", i.e. (of
persons) youthful, or (of things) fresh; fig. regenerate:--new,
young.
The third heaven and earth age.
2 Pet 3:14 Wherefore, beloved,
seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be
found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Peter makes reference to the apostle Paul and his writings
2 Pet 3:15 And account that
the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our
beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him
hath written unto you;
2 Pet 3:16 As also in all
his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are
some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and
unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto
their own destruction.
Now you know these things
before they come about. Beware
2 Pet 3:17 Ye therefore,
beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware
lest ye also, being led away with the error[1] of the wicked, fall
from your own stedfastness.
1
"ERROR": 4106. plane, plan'-ay; fem. of G4108 (as
abstr.); obj. fraudulence; subj. a straying
from orthodoxy or piety:--deceit, to
deceive, delusion, error.
2 Pet 3:18 But grow in grace, and
in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him
be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Thanks, for allowing me, to share this with you. Remember, to
always,
study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun
profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more
ungodliness.
In His Word,
Art Porter
Link to I John
Bible Index
Link to home page
Web design by Art Porter
© - 2009 comments & structure |
