A Gentle Ramble Through the Bible - Class 183
from A Gentle Ramble Through the Bible - Evers Bible Class Hosted by Pastor Gayle Evers
1 Peter (Part 2) We finish 1 Peter today. About half of this part of the letter talks about how to act as a believer. It includes the typical household code of the time: slaves obey your masters, wives obey your husbands, and husbands treat your wives well. One really interesting part is where Peter brings in material from the pseudepigraphal letter of 1 Enoch. It was a very famous, pious treatise in which Enoch (the father of Methuselah, way back in Genesis) is taken on a grand tour of the universe. Of course, Enoch couldn’t possibly have written the book or done the things in it because he’d been taken from this life thousands of years before the book was written. We take a close look at how Peter incorporates this material and make a good stab at separating the cultural wrapping paper from the more enduring gift--Peter’s understanding of God’s mercy. A free Study Guide is available. A video version of the class is available on YouTube. More info at EversBibleClass.com.
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