NT Text: 2 Peter 3:12
OT Source(s):
Source: Theoretical
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Significance: Peter's exhortation to be "looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God" (prosdokōntas kai speudontas tēn parousian tēs tou theou hēmeras) resonates with Isaiah 60:22, where God declares regarding Zion's restoration: "I am the LORD; in its time I will hasten it" (ba'ittah achishennah). The concept of "hastening" the eschatological day is unusual in the NT and finds its closest OT precedent in this Isaianic text where God promises to accelerate the fulfillment of his purposes. Peter's remarkable suggestion that believers can "hasten" the day of God through holy living and godliness implies that human faithfulness participates in the divine acceleration of eschatological consummation. The Isaianic promise of God hastening Zion's glorification provides the theological foundation for Peter's pastoral encouragement.