What is the 'more sure word of prophecy' that Peter mentions in 2 Peter 1:19?
Peter calls prophecy the more sure word because it confirms and proves these things even more than the Mount of Transfiguration experience did. Though that voice from heaven was thrilling and revealing, Peter says prophecy is the certainty that validates all these things.
Les explains that in 2 Peter 1:17-18 Peter recalls the Mount of Transfiguration, when Christ received honor and glory from God the Father and the voice from heaven declared, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Peter, James, and John heard that voice on the Holy Mount and were struck with awe. Then in verse 19 Peter says, “We have also a more sure word of prophecy.” Les says Peter is not diminishing the transfiguration; rather, as exciting, thrilling, and revealing as that experience was, prophecy proves all these things even more. So the more sure word is prophecy itself, which is why Les spends so much time teaching prophecy—not because it is merely sensational, but because it is taught on the basis of Scripture.
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
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Who is the day star in 2 Peter 1:19?
The 'day star' in 2 Peter 1:19 is a reference to Christ as the bright and morning star in Revelation.