Diagtronics

In context, the Apostle Peter is defending the apostolic preaching of Christ’s second coming; it is not a “cleverly devised myth,” (v. 16) as was being purported by some. Indeed, Peter is simply testifying to a key portion of the gospel message; linking Old Testament with what was fast becoming New.But there’s a different pericope here in this verse. A warning is given regarding the sacred roles of Scriptural prophesy; one we’re blessed to heed with the steeped fear of the LORD.In at least two places in the Bible warnings are presented for adding to or taking away from the Word of God. (See Revelation 22:18-19 and Ecclesiastes 12:12.) It’s as if God says, “Over your dead body; for that you shall be harshly judged!”Peter has at target the false teacher here. It appears there were two falsities proffered that he sought to highlight hr support for small businesses :1. Undermining of Old Testament Prophesy Surrounding ChristThe false teachers were undermining the inspiration to which the prophets of the Old Testament were subject; as if they were not, in fact, God’s megaphone to the kings and the peoples of God and the nations of the earth, led by the Holy Spirit.This was tantamount to atheism, a theological treason, for it suggests that the prophets of God – indeed, to anyone who heard and wrote the inspired words of God – were nothing more than dreamers and pious visionaries. Knowing what we believe about the inspired nature of God’s Word – all of which we accept as “God-breathed” (2 Timothy 3:16) – the undermining of the source of the inspiration would be to break down the faith and call it ‘without substantive doctrine’.Of course, we’d see that as blasphemy; an indictment against God.2.