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The Promise of His Appearing: An Exposition of Second Peter is unavailable, but you can change that!

The second book of Peter has long troubled biblical scholars and interpreters. Not only has its authorship been disputed, but also its claims about the imminent return of Christ. In this study, Peter Leithart offers a preterist reading of the epistle, arguing that it describes first-century events and not the end of the world. At the same time, he maintains orthodoxy, avoiding hyper-preterism and...

diligence” in seeking to be fruitful in the knowledge of Christ. After warning about the dangers of shortsightedness, Peter calls his readers to be “all the more diligent to make certain of your calling and election” (v. 10).10 Like Paul, Peter structures the Christian life in a threefold time frame: what has happened anticipates what will happen, and both what has happened and what will happen condition what is happening and what we are to do. Divine power has been exerted in the resurrection of
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