I'm hesitant on posting this on this forum because there isn't much honest talk about the Bible on this forum anymore, but I could use help on this question. And this is a question, not a political statement, not a monologue, not another "only I have the word of God speaking through me." I honestly don't get this. So, this is one of those times, when if all you're going to do is preach your personal gospel start your own post instead of wasting time on here. Okay?
I don't get the quote above -- "having escaped from the corruption" in 2 Peter.
Here's the context that baffles me:
2Pe 1:2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
2Pe 1:3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
2Pe 1:4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
2Pe 1:5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
2Pe 1:6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,
2Pe 1:7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
2Pe 1:8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Sounds really good, doesn't it? But Peter was a man facing the side effects of Jesus dying, rising again, walking among his people, and then going home to the Father. The rulers were, at best, confused. They were working themselves up to slaughtering Christians. Judah didn't much like them either, since they disrupted the little peace they had with the Romans. It wasn't an idyllic setting, especially after witnessing exactly how corrupt the people in power were.
(See where I'm going here?)
"having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire."
"Having escaped." Future perfect tense, right? No, really. Is that right from a grammatical perspective? I'm not sure there, but it sure looks like it already happened, and they hadn't escaped.
In America, our choice for our next leader is either an incompetent chronic liar or a man so full of himself he thinks he is the only answer to all the ills in America. And we get the opportunity to do God's will here. That corruption is already upon us. It's been on us for a long time. How do I "partake of the divine nature" without adding to the corruption? How did I avoid the corruption?
This is not a question of who I should vote for. It's a question of understanding how God says I've already escaped the world's corruption. How had Peter and his audience?