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Imamat yang rajani

1 Petrus 2 : 99Tetapi kamulah bangsa yang terpilih, imamat yang rajani, bangsa yang kudus,umat kepunyaan Allah sendiri, supaya kamu memberitakan perbuatan-perbuatanyang besar dari Dia, yang telah memanggil kamu keluar dari kegelapan kepada

terang-Nya yang ajaib:10 kamu, yang dahulu bukan umat Allah, tetapi yangsekarang telah menjadi umat-Nya, yang dahulu tidak dikasihani tetapi yang sekarangtelah beroleh belas kasihan.

Khusus membahas Imamat Rajani

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a royal priesthood; referring to E !":#, $here the %sraelites are &alled a 'kingdomof priests'; $hi&h the (haldee paraphrase renders, kings, priests; see )e !:#a&hara&ter $hi&h one of the *e$ish &ommentators says +y shall return to the *e$s

/01231 , 'in time to &ome'; and $ell agrees $ith all the people of (hrist, $hether*e$s or 4entiles, $ho are all of them kings, through their relation to (hrist; and at the

present time ha5e a kingdom $hi&h &annot be mo5ed, or taken a$ay from them;being not only brought into the 4ospel dispensation, the kingdom of the 6essiah, andha5ing a right to all the pri5ileges and immunities of it, but ha5e also the kingdom ofgra&e set up $ithin them, or gra&e, as a reigning prin&iple, implanted in them; $hi&hlies not in anything eternal, but in righteousness and true holiness, in in$ard pea&e,and spiritual joy; and they ha5e the po$er of kings o5er sin, 7atan, and the $orld;and the ri&hes of kings, being possessed of the ri&hes of gra&e no$, and entitled tothe ri&hes of glory in another $orld; they li5e like kings, they $ear royal apparel, therobe of (hrist8s righteousness; they sit at the king8s table, and feed on royal dainties;and are attended on as kings, angels being their life guards, and ministering spirits tothem; and hereafter they shall reign $ith (hrist on earth, and that for the spa&e of athousand years, and, after that, for e5er: being raised up from a lo$ estate, to inheritthe &ro$n of glory, to $ear the &ro$n of life and righteousness, and possess the

kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the $orld, of $hi&h they are no$heirs: and they are 'priests', as $ell as kings; being made so by (hrist, and throughhis priestly offi&e; are anointed $ith the 9oly 4host, and san&tified by his gra&e, andallo$ed to dra$ near to 4od, and offer up by (hrist their spiritual sa&rifi&es of prayerand praise; and are enabled and assisted to offer up the sa&rifi&e of a broken heart,and their bodies also, and e5en their li5es $hen &alled to it; the allusion is to thekingdom and priesthood being formerly together, and $hi&h met in (hrist, e& #:!and in his people. The *e$s $ere $ont to &all the priestly dignity and offi&e ?>= ,'the &ro$n of the priesthood' +@:

Terjemahan:

Imamat yang rajani, menunjuk kepada Keluaran 19:6 (amu akan menjadi bagi-ukerajaan imam dan bangsa yang kudus. %nilah semuanya firman yang haruskaukatakan kepada orang %srael.B Dimana bangsa %srael disebut sebagai kerajaanimam, yang mana

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royalCkingly. elie5ers, like (hrist, the antitypi&al 6el&hisede&, are at on&e kingsandpriests.%srael, in a spiritual sense, $as designed to be the same among the


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nations of the earth. The full reali@ation on earth of this, both to the literal and thespiritual %srael, is as yet future.

Terjemahan:)ajani, bersifat raja. rang per&aya, seperti ristus, seperti 6elkisedek, sebagai rajasekaligus imam, %srael, dalam pengertian spiritual, didesign yang sama diantara

bangsa-bangsa dunia. )ealisasi dari hal ini di atas bumi adalah dialami oleh %sraelsebagai bangsa dan juga %srael se&ara spiritual, yang dipenuhi di masa depan.

POOLE

A royal priesthood; or, kingdom of priests. 9e &alled them an holypriesthood, !Fe G:H, no$ he &alls them a royal priesthood, to sho$ that they$ere made not only spiritual priests, but spiritual kings; $hi&h pri5ilege theyhad not as *e$s, but as belie5ers, $ho are all of them as priests in respe&t of4od, to $hom they are &onse&rated, and to $hom they offer up spiritualsa&rifi&es; so kings in respe&t both of their enemies, o5er $hom they are5i&torious, and of the kingdom they are hereafter to inherit.

Terjemahan:%mamat yang rajani, atau kerajaan imam. Fetrus menyebut mereka suatuimamat kudus, ! Fetrus G : H IDan biarlah kamu juga dipergunakan sebagai batuhidup untuk pembangunan suatu rumah rohani, bagi suatu imamat kudus, untukmempersembahkan persembahan rohani yang karena Jesus ristus berkenankepada Allah.B dan disini Fetrus menyebut mereka imamat yang rajani, untukmenunjukkan bah$a mereka dijadikan bukan hanya sebagai imam se&ara spiritual,tetapi juga raja se&ara spiritual; yang mana membuat mereka istime$a bukansebagai Jahudi, tetapi sebagai orang per&aya, yang mana mereka se&arakeseluruhan sebagai imam terkait dengan TK9AN, kepada siapa mereka dikuduskan,dan kepada siapa mereka menaikkan pujian korban spiritual; jadi dalam hal inisebagai raja terkait dengan musuh mereka yang mereka menangkan dan juga darikerajaan yang akan di$ariskan kepada mereka kelak.

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A royal priesthood I B. Lrom E !":#I&f. )e5 !:#; )e5 H:!MB. Theoffi&ial in (hristian &hur&hes is =, not . e are all IpriestsB. (f. G:H.

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The Ne$ Testament priesthood, 7ummary:I!B Kntil the la$ $as gi5en the head of ea&h family $as the family priest 4enesis

O:GM; G#:GH; !:HP.IGB hen the la$ $as proposed, the promise to perfe&t obedien&e $as that %srael

$ould be unto 4od 'a kingdom of priests' Eodus !":#. but %srael 5iolated the la$,

and 4od shut up the priestly offi&e to the Aaroni& family, appointing the tribe of Qe5ito minister to them, thus &onstituting the typi&al priesthood Eodus GO:!.IB %n the dispensation of gra&e, all belie5ers are un&onditionally &onstituted a

'kingdom of priests' ! Feter G:"; )e5elation !:#the distin&tion $hi&h %srael failed toa&hie5e by $orks. The priesthood of the belie5er is, therefore, a birthright; just ase5ery des&endant of Aaron $as born to the priesthood 9ebre$s H:!.IPB The &hief pri5ilege of a priest is a&&ess to 4od. Knder la$ the high priest only

&ould enter 'the holiest of all,' and that but on&e a year 9ebre$s ":R,but $hen(hrist died, the 5eil, type of (hrist8s human body 9ebre$s !M:GM$as rent, so that


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no$ the belie5er-priests, eSually $ith (hrist the 9igh Friest, ha5e a&&ess to 4od inthe holiest 9ebre$s !M:!"-GG.The high Friest is &orporeally there 9ebre$s P:!P-!#; ":GP; !M:!"-GG.IHB %n the eer&ise of his offi&e the Ne$ Testament belie5er-priest isI!B a sa&rifi&er $ho offers a threefold sa&rifi&e: IaB his o$n li5ing body. )omans !G:!;

Fhilippians G:!R; G Timothy P:#; ! *ohn :!#;*ames !:GRIbB praise to 4od, 'the fruit

of the lips that make mention of 9is name' I)..B, to be offered '&ontinually' ;9ebre$s !:!H; Eodus GH:GG'% $ill &ommune $ith thee from abo5e the mer&yseat'B; I&B his substan&e ; 9ebre$s !:!#; )omans !G:!; 4alatians #:#; *ohn !:H-O;9ebre$s !:G; 4alatians #:!M;Titus :!P.IGB The N.T. priest is also an inter&essor ! Timothy G:!; (olossians P:!G

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Surat ini merupakan yang pertama dari dua surat PB yang ditulis olehrasul

Petrus (1Pet 1:1; 2Pet 1:1). Petrus mengakui bahwa surat pertama ini

ditulis dengan bantuan Silas (Yun. Sil!anus) sebagai "uru tulisnya(1Pet #:12). $emahiran Silas dalam bahasa Yunani dan gaya menulis

ter%ermin di dalam surat ini& sedangkan bahasa Petrus yang kurang halus

tampak dalam surat 2 Petrus. 'ada dan isi surat ini %o%ok dengan apayang

kita ketahui tentang Simon Petrus. Persekutuannya yang akrab denganuhan

Yesus selama bertahuntahun melandasi ingatannya kembali akan kematian(1Pet 1:11&1*; 1Pet 2:212+; 1Pet ,:1-; 1Pet #:1) dan kebangkitan Yesus

(1Pet 1:,&21; 1Pet ,:21); se%ara tidak langsung Petrus tampaknya "uga

menun"uk kepada penampakan diri Yesus kepadanya di alilea setelah

kebangkitan (1Pet 2:2#; 1Pet #:2a; bd. Yoh 21:1#2,). ambahan lagi&terdapat banyak persamaan di antara surat ini dengan khotbahkhotbah

Petrus yang ter%atat dalam $isah Para /asul.

Petrus mengalamatkan surat ini kepada 0orangorang pendatang yang

tersebar0 di seluruh propinsi sia $e%il kekaisaran /omawi (1Pet 1:1).

Beberapa di antara mereka ini mungkin adalah orang bertobat yangmenanggapi khotbahnya pada hari Pentakosta dan telah kembali ke kota

masingmasing dengan iman yang baru (bd. $is 2:*11). rang per%aya inidisebut 0pendatang dan perantau0 (1Pet 2:11) untuk mengingatkan mereka

bahwa per3iarahan mereka sebagai orang $risten adalah di dalam duniayang
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memben%i Yesus $ristus dan mereka dapat mengalami penganiayaan darinya.

4ungkin Petrus menulis surat ini sebagai tanggapan terhadap laporan dari

orang per%aya di sia $e%il tentang peningkatan perlawanan(1Pet +:1215) yang belum didukung resmi oleh pemerintah

(1Pet 2:1216).

Petrus menulis dari 0Babilon0 (1Pet #:1,). $ata ini dapat dita7sirkanse%ara har7iah sebagai negara Babilon di 4esopotamia atau sebagai

ungkapan

kiasan untuk /oma& pusat tertinggi dari ke7asikan abad pertama. 8alaupun

Petrus mungkin satu kali berkun"ung ke tempat penampungan golonganYahudiortodoks yang besar di Babilon& kita dapat lebih mudah

menerangkanbahwa Petrus& Silas (1Pet #:12)& dan 4arkus (1Pet #:1,) sedang

bersamasama di /oma ($ol +:19; bd. pernyataan Papias mengenai Petrus

dan 4arkus di /oma) pada awal dasawarsa 59an dan bukan di Babilonia.

$emungkinan besar Petrus menulis dari /oma pada tahun 595, 4& pastisebelum

pertumpahan darah yang mengerikan oleh 'ero dimulai (th. 5+ 4).

TujuanPetrus menulis surat pengharapan yang penuh dengan suka%ita ini untuk

memberikan kepada orang per%aya pandangan yang ilahi dan abadi bagi

kehidupan di bumi dan untuk memberikan bimbingan praktis kepada mereka

yang mulai mengalami penderitaan yang berat sebagai orang $risten didalam

masyarakat ka7ir. Petrus khawatir kalaukalau orang per%ayamembangkitkan

ketidaksenangan pemerintah dan menasihatkan mereka untuk mengikuti

teladan

Yesus dalam menderita dengan tidak bersalah& benar& dan luhur.

Survai

1 Petrus mulai dengan mengingatkan orang per%aya

(1) bahwa mereka mempunyai suatu panggilan yang mulia dan warisan

sorgawi

di dalam Yesus $ristus (1Pet 1:2#);

(2) bahwa iman dan kasih mereka di dalam hidup ini akan diu"i dan

dimurnikan sehingga akan mengakibatkan pu"ian& hormat& dan kemuliaan pada saat kedatangan uhan (1Pet 1:5*);

(,) bahwa keselamatan yang besar ini sudah dinubuatkan oleh nabinabi P

(1Pet 1:1912); dan

(+) bahwa orang per%aya harus hidup kudus& "elas berbeda dari dunia yang

tidak selamat di sekitar mereka (1Pet 1:1,21). rang per%aya& yang terpilih dan dikuduskan (1Pet 1:2) merupakan bayibayi yang bertumbuh yang memerlukan susu murni irman llah (1Pet 2:1,)&

batubatu hidup yang sedang dibangun men"adi suatu rumah rohani

(1Pet 2:+19)& dan orang asing yang mengembara melewati negara asing

(1Pet 2:1112); mereka harus hidup dengan hormat dan rendah hati dalam hubungan mereka dengan setiap orang selama per"alanan ini

(1Pet 2:1,,:12).
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manat 1 Petrus terutama berkaitan dengan sikap patuh dan menderita

karena

kebenaran bagi $ristus dan menurut teladan'ya sendiri (1Pet 2:1-2+;1Pet ,:*#:11


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they his members, spouse, &hildren, and brethren; and to the saints, being of thesame household and family in hea5en and in earth; ha5ing the same Lather, Qord,7pirit, faith, baptism, and they all brethren: and they $ere a '&hosen' generation orkindred; being famous, and in high esteem $ith 4od, and a&&ounted by him for ageneration; he ha5ing &hosen them abo5e all kindreds, tongues, people, and nations,and that from all eternity; and of his o$n so5ereign good $ill and pleasure; and not

on a&&ount of their faith, holiness, and good $orks; and to spe&ial benefits, to therelation and kindred they are in, to gra&e here, and glory hereafter; to regenerationand san&tifi&ation, and to sal5ation and eternal life; just as %srael, as a nation, $ere&hosen abo5e all others, be&ause of the lo5e of 4od to them, and for no other reason,to many eternal pri5ileges and fa5ours, $hi&h others did not enjoy: no$ the apostlementions this &hara&ter first, be&ause 4od8s eternal ele&tion is the sour&e and springof all spiritual blessings, $hi&h pro5ides and se&ures them, and a&&ording to $hi&hthey are besto$ed, and $ith $hi&h they are inseparably &onne&ted:

a royal priesthood; referring to E !":#, $here the %sraelites are &alled a 'kingdomof priests'; $hi&h the (haldee paraphrase renders, kings, priests; see )e !:#a&hara&ter $hi&h one of the *e$ish &ommentators says +y shall return to the *e$s

/01231 , 'in time to &ome'; and $ell agrees $ith all the people of (hrist, $hether*e$s or 4entiles, $ho are all of them kings, through their relation to (hrist; and at thepresent time ha5e a kingdom $hi&h &annot be mo5ed, or taken a$ay from them;being not only brought into the 4ospel dispensation, the kingdom of the 6essiah, andha5ing a right to all the pri5ileges and immunities of it, but ha5e also the kingdom ofgra&e set up $ithin them, or gra&e, as a reigning prin&iple, implanted in them; $hi&hlies not in anything eternal, but in righteousness and true holiness, in in$ard pea&e,and spiritual joy; and they ha5e the po$er of kings o5er sin, 7atan, and the $orld;and the ri&hes of kings, being possessed of the ri&hes of gra&e no$, and entitled tothe ri&hes of glory in another $orld; they li5e like kings, they $ear royal apparel, therobe of (hrist8s righteousness; they sit at the king8s table, and feed on royal dainties;and are attended on as kings, angels being their life guards, and ministering spirits tothem; and hereafter they shall reign $ith (hrist on earth, and that for the spa&e of athousand years, and, after that, for e5er: being raised up from a lo$ estate, to inheritthe &ro$n of glory, to $ear the &ro$n of life and righteousness, and possess thekingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the $orld, of $hi&h they are no$heirs: and they are 'priests', as $ell as kings; being made so by (hrist, and throughhis priestly offi&e; are anointed $ith the 9oly 4host, and san&tified by his gra&e, andallo$ed to dra$ near to 4od, and offer up by (hrist their spiritual sa&rifi&es of prayerand praise; and are enabled and assisted to offer up the sa&rifi&e of a broken heart,and their bodies also, and e5en their li5es $hen &alled to it; the allusion is to thekingdom and priesthood being formerly together, and $hi&h met in (hrist, e& #:!and in his people. The *e$s $ere $ont to &all the priestly dignity and offi&e ?>= ,'the &ro$n of the priesthood' +@:

an holy nation; referring to the same pla&e in E !":#$here the %sraelites are so&alled, being separated by 4od from other nations, and legally and eternallysan&tified by him; as all the true %srael of 4od are san&tified, or set apart by 4od the

Lather, in eternal ele&tion, to real and perfe&t holiness; and are san&tified or &leansedfrom sin, by the blood and sa&rifi&e of (hrist; and are internally san&tified by the7pirit of 4od; ha5e prin&iples of holiness $rought in them, from $hen&e they li5e holyli5es and &on5ersations:

a peculiar people; as the %sraelites are &alled a 'pe&uliar treasure', E !":Hto$hi&h the referen&e is: 4od8s ele&t are a pe&uliar people, to $hom he bears ape&uliar lo5e; they are &hosen by him to be a spe&ial people abo5e all others, andha5e pe&uliar blessings besto$ed on them, and pe&uliar &are is taken of them; they


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are the Qord8s, >1UV, his treasure, his je$els, his portion and inheritan&e, andtherefore he $ill preser5e and sa5e them; they are a people for a&Suisition, pur&hase,and possession, as the $ords may be rendered; $hom 4od has obtained, pro&ured,and pur&hased for himself, $ith the pre&ious blood of his 7on; hen&e the 7yria&5ersion renders them, 2W?=2X


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nations of the earth. The full reali@ation on earth of this, both to the literal and thespiritual %srael, is as yet future.

holy nationCantitypi&al to %srael.peculiar peopleCliterally, 'a people for an acquisition,' that is, $hom 4od

&hose to bepeculiarly His:A& GM:GO, 'pur&hased,' literally, 'a&Suired.' 4od8s'peculiar treasure' abo5e others.

show forthCpublish abroad.Not their ownpraises but His.They ha5e no reasonto magnify themsel5es abo5e others for on&e they had been in the same darkness,and only through 4od8s gra&e had been brought to the light $hi&h they musthen&eforth show forthto others.

praisesCGreek,'5irtues,' 'e&ellen&ies': 9is glory, mercyI!Fe G:!MB, goodnessIGreek,!Fet G:; Num !P:!R; Num !P:!O; %sa #:RB. The same term is applied tobelie5ers, GFe !:H.

of him who hath called youC IGFe !:B.out of darknessCof heathen and e5en *e$ish ignoran&e, sin, and misery, and

so out of the dominion of the prin&e of darkness.marvellousCFeter still has in mind Fs !!O:G.lightC%t is &alled '9is,' that is, 4od8s. nly the IspiritualB lightis &reated by 4od,

not darkness.%n %sa PH:R, it is physi&al darkness and e5il, not moral, that 4od is saidto create,the punishment of sin, not sin itself. Feter, $ith &hara&teristi& boldness,brands as darkness$hat all the $orld &alls light;reason, $ithout the 9oly 7pirit, inspite of its 5aunted po$er, is spiritual darkness. '%t &annot apprehend $hat faith is:there it is stark blind; it gropes as one that is $ithout eyesight, stumbling from onething to another, and kno$s not $hat it does' ^QKT9E)_.

G:!MAdapted from 9os !:"; 9os !:!M; 9os G:G. Feter plainly &onfirms Faul, $ho Suotesthe passage as implying the &all of the 4entiles to be&ome spiritually that $hi&h%srael had been literally, 'the people of 4od.' Frimarily, the prophe&y refers to literal%srael, hereafter to be fully that $hi&h in their best days they $ere only partially,4od8s people.

not obtained mercyCliterally, '$ho $ere men not &ompassionated.' %mplyingthat it $as 4od8s pure mercy,not their merits, $hi&h made the blessed &hange intheir state; a thought $hi&h ought to kindle their li5ely gratitude,to be sho$n $iththeir life, as $ell as their lips.

Poole

2:9But ye; ye belie5ers, in opposition to those reprobates that are disobedientto the $ord. 9e sho$s that those dignities and pri5ileges, $hi&h $erementioned by 6oses as belonging to their forefathers, did mu&h more belongto them; and that they had the real ehibition in (hrist, of those good things$hereof their fathers had but a taste, and $hi&h the rest of the *e$s had lostby their unbelief.

Are a chosen generation; a people &hosen of 4od, not only out of the$orld, but from among the rest of your o$n nation, and not only to aneternal adoption, and out$ard pri5ileges, Ias the $hole body of the nation$asB, but to eternal sal5ation.

A royal priesthood; or, kingdom of priests. 9e &alled them an holypriesthood, !Fe G:H, no$ he &alls them a royal priesthood, to sho$ that they$ere made not only spiritual priests, but spiritual kings; $hi&h pri5ilege they


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had not as *e$s, but as belie5ers, $ho are all of them as priests in respe&t of4od, to $hom they are &onse&rated, and to $hom they offer up spiritualsa&rifi&es; so kings in respe&t both of their enemies, o5er $hom they are5i&torious, and of the kingdom they are hereafter to inherit.

An holy nation; 6oses &alls your fathers an holy people, Deu R:#, in

respe&t of their separation from the impurities of the 4entiles, theirdedi&ation to 4od, and the many la$s 4od ga5e them, obliging them toeternal and &eremonial purity, $hereby they $ere admonished of internaland real holiness; but ye are a holy nation in respe&t of that true and in$ardholiness itself, $hereof that &eremonial holiness $as but a signifi&ation. 9eseems parti&ularly to allude to %sa #G:!G.

A peculiar people!Eo !":H, it is a peculiar treasure; so the same $ord isrendered, a special people, Deu R:#, and, a peculiar people, Deu !P:G; the$ord used by the Q``. implying as mu&h; but 6al :!R, $here $e render it

jewels, the Q``. use the same $ord $hi&h Feter doth here, $hi&h is as mu&has, a people of a&Suisition, or $hi&h 4od hath a&Suired to himself for his

pe&uliar possession or treasure. 4od had res&ued the %sraelites from theirEgyptian bondage, and taken them to be his pe&uliar people abo5e all others,and &laimed a right to them, and &ounted them pre&ious, as ha5ingredeemed them $ith a strong hand, and got possession of them at theepense of so mu&h po$er, and so many mira&les. This deli5eran&e of theirs$as the type of (hrists deli5ering the &hur&h from the tyranny of 7atan, thespiritual Fharaoh, and the $orld, the spiritual Egypt, and a state of sin, the$orst bondage; upon the a&&ount $hereof 4ods people are &alled a peculiar

people, or a people thus acquired, Tit G:!P, and a purchased possession,Eph !:!P, $here the same $ord is like$ise used. That ye should show forth,c.:this notes the end of all these pri5ileges 5on&hsafed them, 5i@. that theyshould glorify 4od in the enjoyment of them. 9e seems to refer to %sa

P:R"1: This people ha!e " formed for myself, I or a&Suired, as the Q``. hathitB, they shall show forth my praise.

#how forth; publish and de&lare, both in $ords and deeds, that others maybe e&ited to glorify, 4od in the like manner. The praises of him; or 5irtues,that $isdom, po$er, goodness, righteousness, truth &., $hi&h 4od hathmanifested in his 5ou&hsafements to you, and in the a&kno$ledgment of$hi&h he may be glorified.

Who hath called you; by an effe&tual &alling, a&&ording to his purpose,)om O:GO.

$ut of darkness; the darkness of ignoran&e, unbelief, sin, and misery. Thetime before the publi&ation of the gospel, $as a time of darkness, 6at ":!#Quk !:R".

%nto his marvellous light; the light of kno$ledge, faith, holiness, &omfort:see Eph H:O. %t is &alled mar!ellous, be&ause men see $hat they ne5er sa$before, $onderful things out of 4ods la$, Fsa !!":!O; and be&ause it is a


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Apo&rypha. %n %saiah Ihere SuotedB it means praise and glory to 4od. 7o also %saPG:!G. 7ee A& G:!! Ithe mighty $orks of 4odB.

)arkness IB. 9eathenism.

*is marvellous light I B. (hristianity. Lor IfromB see 6t G!:PG. Lor the &hange from heathenism to (hristianity see (ol !:!G;Eph H:O-!P.

2:1Which in time past I B. 'ho on&e upon a time.'

+o people I B. This phrase from 9os G:G. Note use of Inot B $ith like 9ebre$ negati5e.

Which had not obtained mercy I B. Ferfe&t passi5e arti&ular parti&ipleof and the emphati& negati5e , $ith $hi&h &ompare Faul8s use of !Fet G:!;!Fet G:Gin )o ":GH, $hi&h may ha5e been kno$n to Feter or not.

But now have obtained mercy I B. (hange to first aorist passi5eparti&iple from 'the long ante&edent state' to 'the single e5ent of &on5ersion $hi&hended it' I9ortB.

Scofield

2:9priesthoodThe Ne$ Testament priesthood, 7ummary:I!B Kntil the la$ $as gi5en the head of ea&h family $as the family priest 4enesis

O:GM; G#:GH; !:HP.IGB hen the la$ $as proposed, the promise to perfe&t obedien&e $as that %srael

$ould be unto 4od 'a kingdom of priests' Eodus !":#. but %srael 5iolated the la$,and 4od shut up the priestly offi&e to the Aaroni& family, appointing the tribe of Qe5ito minister to them, thus &onstituting the typi&al priesthood Eodus GO:!.IB %n the dispensation of gra&e, all belie5ers are un&onditionally &onstituted a

'kingdom of priests' ! Feter G:"; )e5elation !:#the distin&tion $hi&h %srael failed toa&hie5e by $orks. The priesthood of the belie5er is, therefore, a birthright; just ase5ery des&endant of Aaron $as born to the priesthood 9ebre$s H:!.IPB The &hief pri5ilege of a priest is a&&ess to 4od. Knder la$ the high priest only

&ould enter 'the holiest of all,' and that but on&e a year 9ebre$s ":R,but $hen(hrist died, the 5eil, type of (hrist8s human body 9ebre$s !M:GM$as rent, so thatno$ the belie5er-priests, eSually $ith (hrist the 9igh Friest, ha5e a&&ess to 4od inthe holiest 9ebre$s !M:!"-GG.The high Friest is &orporeally there 9ebre$s P:!P-!#; ":GP; !M:!"-GG.IHB %n the eer&ise of his offi&e the Ne$ Testament belie5er-priest isI!B a sa&rifi&er $ho offers a threefold sa&rifi&e: IaB his o$n li5ing body. )omans !G:!;

Fhilippians G:!R; G Timothy P:#; ! *ohn :!#;*ames !:GRIbB praise to 4od, 'the fruitof the lips that make mention of 9is name' I)..B, to be offered '&ontinually' ;9ebre$s !:!H; Eodus GH:GG'% $ill &ommune $ith thee from abo5e the mer&y

seat'B; I&B his substan&e ; 9ebre$s !:!#; )omans !G:!; 4alatians #:#; *ohn !:H-O;9ebre$s !:G; 4alatians #:!M;Titus :!P.IGB The N.T. priest is also an inter&essor ! Timothy G:!; (olossians P:!G

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W.%'/.: The Apostle Feter I! Feter !:!B)A'/: Frobably A.D. #M. That 'abylon' refers to the former &ity on the Euphrates,

or to )ome, &annot be inferred from ! Feter H:!. The tet is obs&ure.'*//: hile Feter undoubtedly has s&attered *e$ish belie5ers in mind, his Epistles

&omprehend 4entile belie5ers also I! Feter G:!MB. The present Epistle, $ritten from a&hur&h on 4entile ground I! Feter H:!B, presents all the foundational truths of the

(hristian faith, $ith spe&ial emphasis on the atonement. The distin&ti5e note of LirstFeter is preparation for 5i&tory o5er suffering. The last-name $ord o&&urs aboutfifteen times, and is the key-$ord to the Epistle.The Epistle is in three parts: (hristian suffering and &ondu&t in the light of fullsal5ation, !:!-G:O The belie5er8s life in 5ie$ of his se5enfold position, and of the5i&arious suffering of (hrist, G:"-P:!" (hristian ser5i&e in the light of the &oming ofthe (hief 7hepherd, H:!-!P

W#G:"4eneration ] . etter, )e5., ra&e : a body $ith a &ommon life and des&ent.Nation ^] . Feople ^] . The distin&tion bet$een these three $ords &annot be&losely pressed. )a&e emphasi@es the idea of des&ent; nation, of &ommunity. Qao5,

people, o&&urring 5ery often in the 7eptuagint, is used there mostly of the %sraelites,the &hosen people. The same use is also freSuent in the Ne$ Testament; but it isemployed in a more general sense, as by Quk G:!M. %t $ould seem that this idea,ho$e5er, in its metaphori&al and (hristian appli&ation, the &hosen %srael of 4od,dire&ted Feter8s &hoi&e of the $ord, sin&e he adds, a people for 4od 8s o$npossession.

Fe&uliar ^ ] . Qit., a people for a&Suisition. )e5., a people for 4od 8s o$npossession. y&., a people of pur&hasing. (ranmer, a people $hi&h are $on. The$ord o&&urs !Th H:", rendered obtaining I)e5.B; Eph !:!P, 4od 8s o$n possessionI)e5.B. 7ee %sa P:G!I7ept.B, $here the kindred 5erb o&&urs : ' This people ha5e %formed for myself ^] .

7he$ forth ^] . nly here in Ne$ Testament. Fro&laim, tell abroad.

The praises ] . Qit., the 5irtues. 7o )e5., e&ellen&ies. The $ord o&&urs %saP:G!I7ept., see abo5eB, and is rendered praise. 7ee, also, %sa P:!GI7ept.B,'De&lare his praise ^_ in the islands.'

2:1Feople ^] . 7ee on 5er. ", and note the &hoi&e of the term here. A people of 4od.(ompare )om ":GH, G#.

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