Needless to say with Paul's second commission after Israel had been set aside, his

ministry took a divergent line from a dispensational aspect from Peter's ministry. It was

possibly the ministry concerning the Church of the One Body that found Peter at a loss

when he says "hard to be understood".

Paul's new ministry where no place for the Jew as a Jew resided, must have met

intense opposition. The destiny of that calling "Far above all" would have sparked off

much Satanic opposition. Jewish antagonism would also have been rife when it was seen

that such a calling had no place for Jewish heritage.

Peter in this letter has discharged the task committed to him by His beloved Lord.

Peter has exhorted and fed the sheep and the lambs with their ordained pasture, the Word

of Life. The need for remembrance, exercise and experience of the things taught has

been pressed. He has given warning of those who would twist the Word and entice them

back to their old ways. Finally he calls for his brethren to grow in grace and knowledge.

Inertia and neglect quickly open the gates to competing interests and the snares of the

enemy. Christ in Rev. 3: 15 expressed an abhorrence of being lukewarm. May we too

burn with zeal for the riches of God's Word . . . . .