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Listen as he explains it in 2 Peter 1:16-19, “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. 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’ – and we ourselves heard this
utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the
holy mountain.’ And 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 it 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
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