13〔彼得〕这两封书信是论到神的行政,所以一再说到神与主的审判(彼前二23,四5~6、17,彼后二3~4、9,三7),作主要的项目之一。这审判是从天使开始(二3~4),经过旧约各世代的人(5~9)。然后,在新约时代,审判是从神的家起首(彼前一17,二23,四6、17),一直持续到主的日子来到(彼后三10);这日子就是在千年国以前,审判犹太人、信徒和外邦人的日子。千年国以后,一切的死者,包括人和鬼,都要受审判而灭亡(彼前四5,彼后三7),诸天和地也都要烧尽(10下、12)。……有些审判的结果是管教的对付,有些是时代的刑罚,有些是永远的沉沦。无论如何,主神要借着这一切的审判,清理并洁净整个宇宙,使祂得着一个新天新地,成为充满祂义的新宇宙(13),使祂喜悦(彼得前书生命读经,一一一页)。 13Since Peter’s Epistles are concerned with the government of God, the judgment of God and of the Lord is referred to repeatedly (1 Pet. 2:23; 4:5-6, 17; 2 Pet. 2:3-4, 9; 3:7) as one of the main items. God’s judgment began from the angels (2:3-4) and passed through the generations of man in the Old Testament (vv. 5-9). Then in the New Testament age it begins from the house of God (1 Pet. 1:17; 2:23; 4:6, 17) and continues until the coming of the day of the Lord (2 Pet. 3:10), which will be a day of judgment on the Jews, the believers, and the Gentiles before the millennium. After the millennium all the dead, including men and demons, will be judged and will perish (1 Pet. 4:5; 2 Pet. 3:7), and the heavens and the earth will be consumed by fire (vv. 10b, 12)…Some judgments result in a disciplinary dealing, some in a dispensational punishment, and some in eternal perdition. However, by all these judgments the Lord God will clear up and purify the entire universe that He may have a new heaven and a new earth for a new universe filled with His righteousness (v. 13) for His delight. (Lifestudy of 1 Peter, p. 92)