r uses the Hebrew Scriptures, the prophets'
             testimonies, Peter's eyewitness of the transfiguration of Jesus, and the writings of Paul. The author's point is that the Parousia is real and not a myth. 2 Peter tells that the reason for the delay of the Parousia is that God's time is different from human time. So, the coming has not occurred when it was believed it should have. It also says that God is delaying the coming to give time for humans to repent. 2 Peter seems to also have been written during the Apostolic Age and is one of the last New Testament writings.
             In The New Oxford Annotated Bible, the authorship seems to be pointing to Peter himself to be the author. It also says that Silvanus could have been the author, but it is very doubtful. In the beginning, Peter is named, bu
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