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so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do
well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until
the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.”

Peter had a prophetic word. He couldn’t make it more
true. But he said that, “Now we have a prophetic word more sure.
It can’t be more true but now something happened that made
something true more certain.” And Peter identifies what that
was. He said, “One day I had a prophetic word. A week later I
had a revelation of Jesus and now I understand how to study the
Bible. I have the word and the revelation.

2 Peter 1:19 also gives another word for the Bible. He
calls it “a lamp shining in a dark place”. He says, “You have the
prophetic word, you have the Bible and you have the lamp but is
it more sure? Is it more sure because now you have a revelation
of Jesus. In verse 19 he says, “Pay attention to the lamp,” until
what? “Until the day star arises in your heart.”

Do you understand what the day star is? Revelation
22:16, “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things
for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the
bright morning star.” Jesus calls Himself “the morning star”
Jesus is the day star. The day star is the last star and that star
says, “Goodbye night; hello day!” It closes the night and it opens
the day. Peter says, “Pay attention to this book until the day star
arises in your heart and that will become a new day for you.”
Many people only have the prophetic word. It can’t be more true.
So, they study the prophetic word and they have good doctrine
and they teach that Jesus is coming back and they teach that Jesus
is God and they teach the virgin birth and the bodily resurrection.
They have the prophetic word but they aren’t seeing Jesus. They
have no revelation.

Jesus said, “Pay attention to this book until the day star
rises in your heart.” Brothers and sisters in Christ, are you seeing
Christ in the Bible? The indwelling Holy Spirit takes the written
word and unveils the Living Word. And the Living Word reveals
God. God has called us to know Him and He has made every