2 Peter 1:16-21
16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” 18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
God’s power, resurrection, and imminent return are not mere storytelling; Peter and the other apostles, along with other disciples, were eyewitnesses of the majestic Lord come to the earth He created in the perfect union of man and God. They saw with Him with their own eyes, so we can trust these accounts as trustworthy and the messages as from our Lord as moved and confirmed by the Spirit of God in them and us. When Peter, James, and John were on the mountain with Jesus and saw His glorious appearance of pure light as the sun (Matthew 17:1-8), just as Paul later saw Him on the Damascus road (Acts 9:3-5). They knew Jesus is the Son of God as well as man, and that they were to bear witness of who He is to all (Matthew 17:9) in both spoken and written word. This confirmed and certain message of good news by eyewitnesses is God’s light given in this present darkness (Acts 26:18, Colossians 1:13, 2 Corinthians 4:6) for deliverance from the just wrath of God for our sin, and rises as the light of a new day in the regeneration of our hearts. This message is a witness to God’s work for and in us, and is not up for each one of us to interpret in our own way; no, the message is given by God through men moved by God with spiritual understanding of God Himself in them as the Holy Spirit of grace and mercy. This is good news which God confirms and gives us to bear witness to, just as Peter did in this letter for us.
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