doctrines of the false teachers Peter attacked (2 Peter 2). Instead, true faith is founded on historical facts, which eyewitnesses corroborated. It appears that Peter introduced a new theme here. He plunged quickly into a mention of the Lord’s return: the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He had already talked about that welcome into the eternal kingdom (1:11), and had written about his own departure from this life. His defense of the doctrine of the Second Coming therefore is based on his