The Question of Continuity and Discontinuity in 2 Peter 3
The return of the Lord Jesus is presented in 2 Pet 3:5-13 as ushering in a new created order in which ungodliness and wickedness have no abode. What fate does 2 Peter 3 envision for this current creation? 2 Peter 3 has become the locus classicus for arguing that at the return of Jesus, the creation...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Reformed theological review
Year: 2024, Volume: 83, Issue: 2, Pages: 160-189 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Textual Criticism
B Parousia B 2 Peter B Return of Jesus B Eschatology |
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| Summary: | The return of the Lord Jesus is presented in 2 Pet 3:5-13 as ushering in a new created order in which ungodliness and wickedness have no abode. What fate does 2 Peter 3 envision for this current creation? 2 Peter 3 has become the locus classicus for arguing that at the return of Jesus, the creation will be annihilated and replaced. Edward Adams has recently argued that 2 Peter makes use of Stoic cosmology to describe the conflagration of the world. Is that a fair reading? Rather than turning exclusively to Hellenistic concepts and language to prosecute his argument, Peter deploys a biblical eschatology and seeks to connect God's works in creation and redemption. A high Christology that establishes Jesus as God's anointed King, the typological model of the Noahic Flood in 3:5-7, and Isaiah's eschatological vision provide 2 Peter 3 with a theophanic picture in vv. 10-13 in which the earth is exposed for God's judgment. This comes to the fore when vv. 10-13 are read in the light of vv. 5-7. Within Peter's picture, there is continuity and discontinuity between this world and the next. |
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| ISSN: | 0034-3072 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reformed theological review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.53521/a366 |
