彼后一19 我们并有申言者更确定的话，你们留意这话，如同留意照在暗处的灯，直等到天发亮，晨星在你们心里出现，你们就作得好了。

　　罗十三12 黑夜已深，白昼将近，所以我们当脱去黑暗的行为，穿上光的兵器。

　　使徒的见证和经上申言者的话，都是真理的照亮。这照亮是神圣供备的一部分，就是神借着祂的能力所作的供备，使祂的选民能远离异端和背道。

　　彼得〔在彼后一章十七至十八节〕说到他对主在变化形像时之荣耀的个人经历以后，接着〔在十九节〕用申言者的话证实并加强他的见证。彼得指明信徒留意申言者的话，就作得好了。这就是说，他们正研读旧约的预言，并留意这些预言（彼得后书生命读经，八一页）。

　　2 Pet. 1:19 And we have the prophetic word made more firm, to which you do well to give heed as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

　　Rom. 13:12 The night is far advanced, and the day has drawn near. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the weapons of light.

　　Both the apostles’ witness and the prophetic word in the Scriptures are the shining of the truth. This shining is part of the divine provision, the provision God has made by His power so that His elect children may be able to stay away from heresy and apostasy.

　　[In 2 Peter 1:19], after speaking of his personal experience of the Lord’s glory in His transfiguration [in verses 17 and 18], Peter goes on to use the word of the prophets to confirm his testimony and strengthen it. Peter indicates that the believers do well to give heed to the prophetic word. This means that they were studying the Old Testament prophecies and giving heed to them. (Life-study of 2 Peter, pp. 67-68)

　　彼得把经上预言的话比作照在暗处的灯。这指明今世乃是黑夜里的暗处（罗十三12），这世上的人都是在黑暗里行走、活动。这也指明经上申言者的话犹如信徒的明灯，传输属灵的光（不仅供人心思理解的字句知识），照耀在他们的黑暗里，引导他们进入光明的白昼，甚至经过黑夜，直到主显现的那日，天发亮的时候。在主这阳光显出以前，我们需要祂话的光，照耀我们的脚步。

　　彼得说，我们留意申言者的话，直等到天发亮，晨星在我们心里出现，我们就作得好了。这也是隐喻，说明满了亮光的时候即将来到，如同晴天破晓，有晨星于黎明前在那些蒙光照

　　的信徒心里出现，这些信徒借着留意经上照亮人的预言之话，得了光照而被照明。……信徒留意这事，就作得好，使申言者的话如同明灯，照透背道的黑暗，直等到天这样向他们发亮。这促使并鼓励他们切切寻求主的同在，并且儆醒，使他们当主在祂来临（巴路西亚）的隐密部分，像贼一样来到时，不至于见不到主（太二四27，帖后二8）。因此这隐喻必是将来世，国度时代，比作那要在主显现（来临）时（彼后一16）发亮的天；那时主是公义的日头（玛四2），祂的光要照耀出来，冲破今世黑夜的幽暗。在这之前，主要在黑夜最深时，像晨星一样（启二28，二二16），向那些儆醒渴望祂可爱显现的人显现（提后四8）。他们因着申言者之话的照耀蒙了光照，这话能把他们引到那要发亮的天。

　　非常接近主显现的时候可比作清晨，那时主耶稣对祂儆醒的信徒将是晨星。虽然这一切都是真实的，但彼得所说的还不只这些。事实上，在彼后一章十九节彼得同时说到两件事。他说整个世界是暗处，这现今的世代是黑夜。我们若没有圣经的预言，也会在黑暗里，因为我们没有灯。但申言者的话是我们照耀在黑暗里的灯。我们留意这申言者的话，就接受光的照耀。至终，这光会照耀，直到属灵的白昼在我们里面发亮，晨星在我们心里出现。所以，彼得首先说到属灵的白昼，在我们里面发亮的白昼。他也说到将来的日子，就是主回来的日子（彼得后书生命读经，八一至八三页）。

　　参读：彼得后书生命读经，第八篇。

　　Peter likened the word of prophecy in the Scripture to a lamp shining in a dark place. This indicates that this age is a dark place in the dark night (Rom. 13:12) and that all the people of this world are moving and acting in darkness. It also indicates that the prophetic word of the Scripture, as the shining lamp to the believers, conveys spiritual light that shines in their darkness (not merely knowledge in letters for mental apprehension), guiding them to enter into a bright day, even to pass through the dark night until the day of the Lord’s appearing dawns. Before the Lord as the sunlight appears, we need this word as light to shine over our footsteps.

　　Peter says that we do well to give heed to the prophetic word until the day dawns and the morning star rises in our hearts. This also is a metaphor illustrating a coming time that will be full of light, as a bright day dawning, with the morning star rising, before its dawning, in the hearts of the believers, who are illuminated and enlightened by giving heed to the shining word of the prophecy of Scripture…The believers do well to give heed in this matter so that the prophetic word, as a lamp, may shine through the darkness of apostasy until such a day dawns upon them. This will cause and encourage them to earnestly seek the Lord’s presence and be watchful so that they will not miss the Lord in the secret part of His parousia, when He will come as a thief (Matt. 24:27; 2 Thes. 2:8). Hence, this metaphor must allude to the coming age, the age of the kingdom, as a day that will dawn at the appearing (the coming) of the Lord (2 Pet. 1:16) as the Sun of righteousness (Mal. 4:2), whose light will shine to break through the gloom of the dark night of this age. Preceding this, in the darkest hour of the night, the Lord will appear as the morning star (Rev. 2:28; 22:16) to those who are watchful and looking for His dear appearing (2 Tim. 4:8). They have been enlightened by the shining of the prophetic word, which is able to lead them to the dawning day.

　　The time that is very close to the Lord’s appearing may be likened to early morning, at which time the Lord Jesus will be the morning star to His watchful believers. Although all of this is true, Peter is saying something even more. Actually, in 2 Peter 1:19 Peter covers two matters at the same time. He is saying that the entire world is a dark place and that this present age is a dark night. If we did not have the prophecies of the Bible, we also would be in darkness, for we would not have a lamp. But the prophetic word is our lamp shining in the darkness. As we give heed to this prophetic word, we receive the shining of the light. Eventually, this light will shine until a spiritual day dawns within us, and a morning star rises in our hearts. Therefore, Peter first is speaking of a spiritual day, a day that dawns within us. He also speaks of a future day, the day of the Lord’s coming back. (Life- study of 2 Peter, pp. 68-69)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of 2 Peter, msg. 8