Study of First Peter Lesson
16
Review:
Summary
1. The purchase price
for our salvation, its cost, illustrates that God is not a respecter of
persons.
2. The application of the redemption price to
the individual to purchase them from the slave market of sin is the same for
everyone, its faith in Jesus Christ.
3. Had God been a respecter of person then
salvation could be bought with perishable things as the works of man.
4. Since salvation is purchased with something
imperishable, Christ
being judged in our place on the cross then salvation is also imperishable that
is we have life that is eternal.
5. Peter is telling them here that redemption
did not derive from their pagan tradition handed down from generation to
generation.
Peter made the point
very strongly in vs:18 that our redemption was not
purchased with perishable things in vs:18 now in vs:19 Peter details what we
are bought with.
but with precious
blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
precious = timios
= has a twofold emphasis #1. precious in the sense of its high value and #2 highly
esteemed, held in honor, the first one predominates here.
blood = here represents the redemption
price paid which was the not the literal blood but the spiritual death of
Christ which is what paid for our sins.
"as" w`j here is the key;
says we have an analogy actually it’s a representative analogy.
By that I mean that the sacrifice of
the animals under the M/L in Lev 1-7
was a shadow of the reality which is Christ on the Cross being judged,
our sin poured on Him.
This lamb is described as being unblemished and spotless. This goes to the character of Christ, that
there was nothing in Him to disqualify Him before the Father.
unblemished a;mwmoj (adj)
without defect/no blemish therefore blameless
spotless a;spiloj (adj) spotless without stain; no condemnation, has
no sin nature or any of its effects;
that is no spiritual death or personal sin.
This term translated unblemished - blamelessness is used 3 ways:
1. Here it indicates that Jesus
Christ is qualified to be our redeemer, the sacrifice in our place. (also Heb 9:14)
2. In Eph 1:4 it is used to refer to
our position in Christ, our union with Him as being one of being blameless as a
result of the imputation of righteousness. (also Col
1:22)
3. In Jude 1:24 it is used of
believers experientially in F2 with eschatological ramifications at the
JSC.
Summary of
1. Christ is the
anti-type, the
reality, while the lamb of the sacrifices in the OT is a shadow.
2. Lambs used for sacrifice under the M/L had to
be genetically and experientially free from all physical defects or problems.
3. Reason for importance: the lamb was a shadow
of Christ being genetically and experientially from all sin.
4. Therefore Jesus Christ alone was qualified to
become the sacrifice on our behalf, in our place to be the redeemer.
5. The blood of Christ does not refer to the
loss of His physical blood causing His death but to His spiritual death, being
totally separated from the Father during the 3 hours on the cross while He was
bearing our sins.
For He was
foreknown before the foundation of the world
Christ was
foreknown by who? by God,
before the foundation of the world, before creation.
Also in the
flow of the context says that salvation in Christ, the redemption through His
blood, His spiritual death on the cross was a part of God's plan and purpose
from eternity past.
Now the other phrase, but has appeared in these last times
for the sake of you
has appeared fanero,w to be revealed, made manifest, become
visible, become known
in these last times same idea as in the last days of Heb
1:2
This revelation of Christ Peter says next is for the sake of you dia, u`ma/j because of you
What Peter is
doing here is personalizing Christ's work on the cross, He died, He paid the
redemption price for you, everything needed for you to have eternal life is
provided by grace!
Summary
1. We must remember that Christ as
the second person of the Godhead has always existed, even before the creation
of the world. John 1:1-3
2. At the end of times refers to
time as a succession of periods of human history culminating in the first
advent.
3. His statement that He was
appeared "because of you all" has a number of implications:
a. It focuses the whole doctrinal thrust of the context,
that is the redemptive work of Christ on the recipients of this epistle, makes
it very personal.
b. Although they are foreigners, aliens living in a temporary residence (vs:1) they are still in the forefront of human history as
Church age believers.
c. This should help them to realize the fantastic
privilege and honor they have by virtue of their position in Christ and their
resulting inheritance in Christ.
d. The objective for them and us is to live our lives in
the light of the Judgment Seat of Christ making decisions in the light of the
Word.
e. When we are tenacious towards the Word then they and
us will have the strength of purpose to do what is right in the midst of
the tests and suffering of life.