RT Article
T1 The Question of Continuity and Discontinuity in 2 Peter 3
JF Reformed theological review
VO 83
IS 2
SP 160
OP 189
A1 Moffitt, Matthew
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1903330173
AB 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.
K1 2 Peter
K1 Eschatology
K1 Parousia
K1 Return of Jesus
K1 Textual Criticism
DO 10.53521/a366