What were the prophets concerned with? (1 Peter 1:10)
What two actions did the prophets take regarding this salvation?(1 Peter 1:10)
What did the prophets prophesy about? (1 Peter 1:10)
What specific things were the prophets trying to find out? (1 Peter 1:11)
Who was pointing them to those things? (1 Peter 1:11)
What two specific things did the spirit of Christ predict through them? (1 Peter 1:11)
In verse 12, what was revealed to the prophets? (1 Peter 1:12)
Who announced these things to the believers? (1 Peter 1:12)
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean?
Who is the “yours” Peter is referring to in verse 10? (1 Peter 1:10)
What does it mean that the prophets had to search and inquire carefully about this salvation?
1 Peter 1:10 says the prophets prophesied about “the grace that was to be yours”. How might their understanding of grace have differed from how Peter‘s audience and we would understand it? (Isaiah 45:20-25, Romans 9:24-33, Romans:10:20)
What does it mean for “the spirit of Christ to be in them” centuries before Jesus' incarnation? How does this connect the old and New Testaments? ( 2 Peter 1:19-21)
APPLICATION
What will I do?
Peter is writing to persecuted Christians. How would this entire passage detailing the intense searching of the prophets and the mystery of the gospel have encouraged them to persevere in their faith? How does it help us today in our Christian walk?
Peter ends with a stunning image of angels “longing to look” into the mystery of the gospel. What does the angel's intense curiosity tell us about the magnificence and depth of salvation? How should we as Christians view our salvation?
