EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 11/05/2025 8:20 PM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-3 “Peter’s Eyewitness Experience”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: 2 Peter 1:16-18
Message of the verses: “16 For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, "This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased" —18 and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.”
I begin by mentioning that because Peter connected the phrase power and coming with the appearance of the Lord Jesus Christ, indicator that he referred to His return, and here are some verses to look at that go along with that statement: “30 "And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory, (Matt. 24:30). “31 "But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne” (Matt. 25:31). “11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. 13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. 15 From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. 16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS’” (Rev. 19:11-16).
The description certainly does not fit His first coming in meekness and humility, and I will not quote these verses that go along with this statement, but will give them to you: (Luke 2:11-12; Rom. 1:3: 2 Cor. 8:9; Phil. 2:6-7).
John MacArthur writes: “Coming is the familiar New Testament word parousia, which also means ‘appearing,’ or ‘arrival.’ The term whenever used in the New Testament of Jesus Christ, always refers to His return. W. E. Vine elaborated on this aspect of the meaning:
When used of the return of Christ…it signifies, not merely His momentary coming for His saints, but His presence with them from that moment until His revelation and manifestation to the word. In some passages the word gives prominence to the beginning of that period, the course of the period being implied, 1 Cor. 15:23; 1 Thess. 4:15; 5:23; Matt. 24:3; 37; 1 Thess. 2:8. (An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, 4 Vols. [London: Oliphants, 1940; reprint, Chicago: Moody: 1985], 1:209)
“In his first letter, Peter had declared the truth of Christ’s second coming (1 Peter 1:7, 13; 4:13; 5:4). But here he stresses that he and the other apostles were eyewitnesses of the very majesty Christ will fully display when He returns. Certainly all the apostles had seen Christ’s majesty in His life and ministry (John 2:11; 17:6-8), and His death (John 19:25-30), resurrection (Luke 24:33-43), and ascension (Acts 1:9-11), so that those who were New Testament writers (e. g. , Matthew, John, Peter) were eyewitnesses to much of what they wrote. Peter’s point is that the false teachers denied his claims about Jesus, but unlike him, they were not eyewitnesses to His life and ministry.”
Lord willing, tomorrow we will begin that SD by looking at the word “Eyewitnesses.”
11/5/2025 8:42 PM
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