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🗓️ 20 December 2020
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. |
0:13.2 | If you're doing our new Testament plan, we've finished our 19th book today and if you're |
0:16.6 | doing the whole Bible, we've finished book 58. |
0:19.6 | We had an hour from Peter in a while, but last time we saw him was in Jerusalem helping |
0:23.2 | lead the church that was comprised mostly of Jewish Christians. |
0:26.3 | But since then, he's expanded his ministry to include Gentiles and that's the primary |
0:30.1 | audience for this letter, specifically Gentile believers who live in what is now Turkey. |
0:35.3 | Rome is still running the show and Nero is probably the emperor at the time. |
0:39.0 | He's a renowned persecutor of the church. |
0:41.1 | In fact, he uses Christians as torches at his parties. |
0:45.1 | The Roman Empire is so wicked that Peter nicknames it Babylon, which was an evil empire |
0:49.8 | from back in the Old Testament days. |
0:52.0 | Rome is Babylon 2.0. |
0:54.2 | But a pin in that will come back to it in a few days. |
0:56.9 | Peter writes this letter to churches who are under severe persecution in the midst of |
1:00.2 | a culture openly rebelling against God in his kingdom. |
1:03.5 | How would you feel if you were those Christians? |
1:05.4 | You'd probably feel confused and frustrated and maybe even lean toward despair. |
1:09.8 | Let's see how Peter addresses them. |
1:11.7 | He starts out by reminding them that God has chosen them. |
1:14.4 | This is probably important to hear if you're at a place where you question God's love. |
1:18.6 | They are God's, Peter says. |
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