First Peter - Lorin

they inevitably rejected Jesus, and thus sealed their eternal
fate by this action. The ‘placing’ of Jesus as cornerstone (cf.
τίθημι in v. 6) means the ‘placing’ of rejectors whose heart
wasn’t open to God’s action. This is just as true today as it was
in the first century.
Peter’s exhortation and affirmations in 2:1-8 continue to
probe the richness of our salvation in Christ. In this we rejoice
with increasing awareness of all that God has accomplished in
His saving work. We enjoy blessed privilege as the new temple
of God and as the new people of God. Our longing should be
to grow spiritually from infancy to adulthood as we anticipate
the final judgment of God. This longing is measured by the example of a newly born baby clamoring for milk.
Spiritual nourishment comes through the Word of God, that we long to take into our lives.
the repetition (‘… and to that they too were appointed’). God is the subject of τίθημι and (by virtue of the passive voice; see above,
p. 45) the implied agent of ἐτέθησαν as well (for τίθημι as a sovereign act of God, see Gen 4:17 LXX // Rom 4:17, Isa 49:6 LXX
// Acts 13:47; 1 Tim 2:7; 2 Tim 1:11; Heb 1:2; cf. John 15:16). The matching verbs do not represent two distinct ‘appointings’ but
one with a twofold result (cf. Paul’s use of ἔθετο in 1 Thess 5:9). In the single act of raising Jesus from the dead (1:3, 21), God
has laid the ‘choice and precious Stone’ that means honor and vindication for those who believe, but stumbling and shame for the
disobedient (cf. Paul’s argument with respect to Israel, Rom 9:21–23).” [J. Ramsey Michaels, vol. 49, Word Biblical Commentary:
1 Peter, Word Biblical Commentary (Dallas: Word, Incorporated, 2002), 107.]
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