Peter discusses a number of themes in this next section of his letter. In this next installment of the series on Peter we will talk about what it means to be holy, how and why stewardship is important to the Christian, and the signficance of love among the faith community.
A question arose regarding the phrase “at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (ESV, KJV, NASB) in verse 13. Of the three commentators reviewed, one (Luther) lended more towards the revealing of Christ to the unbeliever prior to or at the point of salvation. Two commentators (Grudem and Schreiner) leaned towards an eschatological (end times/last days) interpretation of this verse. Said differently, Peter is referring to the 2nd Advent of Christ or perhaps the rapture. Either way, he is referring to an event yet seen or experienced. The Greek work in this phrase is apokaluqei which is used in the NT both to mean a personal revelation of Christ (an “ah ha” moment, if you will) or the 2nd Advent. Based on the literary context of the previous twelve verses I would have to agree with Grdem and Schreiner regarding the interpretation of this phrase as being eschatological and I’m not confident enough (yet?) to think there is a double meaning here to also refer to the initial revealing of Christ.
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