2Pe 1:16-19 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Pet 1:16-21: 1:16-21 Peter’s denunciation of the false teachers (ch 2 ) is framed by this teaching about the certainty of Jesus’ return (see also 3:1-13 ). The false teachers were probably denying the reality of Christ’s return and judgment. Peter’s eyewitness experience (1:16-18 ) and the intrinsic reliability of scriptural prophecy (1:19-21 ) make Christ’s return a certainty. Summary for 2Pet 1:16-18: 1:16-18 clever stories (literally cleverly invented myths ): The false teachers were probably charging that the message of Christ’s return was just an edifying fable with no factual truth. • We saw his majestic splendor with our own eyes: At Jesus’ transfiguration (Matt 17:1-9 ; Mark 9:2-8 ; Luke 9:28-36 ), which prefigured Christ’s return by revealing Jesus as the glorious King. Peter’s confidence was not based on human speculation but on eyewitness experience.

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kIsa 13:4-12►

lJoel 2:1-32►

mZeph 2:1-3►

‏ 2 Peter 1:16-19

Summary for 2Pet 1:16-21: 1:16-21 ^a Peter’s denunciation of the false teachers (ch 2 ^b) is framed by this teaching about the certainty of Jesus’ return (see also 3:1-13 ^c). The false teachers were probably denying the reality of Christ’s return and judgment. Peter’s eyewitness experience (1:16-18 ^d) and the intrinsic reliability of scriptural prophecy (1:19-21 ^e) make Christ’s return a certainty.
Summary for 2Pet 1:16-18: 1:16-18 ^f clever stories (literally cleverly invented myths): The false teachers were probably charging that the message of Christ’s return was just an edifying fable with no factual truth.

• We saw his majestic splendor with our own eyes: At Jesus’ transfiguration (Matt 17:1-9 ^g; Mark 9:2-8 ^h; Luke 9:28-36 ⁱ), which prefigured Christ’s return by revealing Jesus as the glorious King. Peter’s confidence was not based on human speculation but on eyewitness experience.
1:19 ^j The word Day is capitalized because it is shorthand for the day of the Lord, the time when God intervenes in history to save his people and judge his enemies (see Isa 13:4-12 ^k; Joel 2:1-32 ^l; Zeph 2:1-3 ^m). The first coming of Christ inaugurated the day of the Lord’s salvation for his people. A future day of the Lord’s judgment on his enemies is yet to come.

• Christ the Morning Star: The planet Venus, known as the “morning star,” often appears above the eastern horizon just before dawn. Peter reverses the order of natural events: The dawning of the day of the Lord leads to the Morning Star’s shining in the hearts of believers.