<p>22:62 <i>And he went out and wept bitterly</i>- Peter &ldquo;went out&rdquo; from the Lord. &ldquo;Went out&rdquo; is the language of Judas going out (Jn. 13:30- in essence, Peter and Judas did the same thing at the same time). Other prototypes of the rejected likewise had gone out from the Lord. Cain &lsquo;&ldquo;went out&rdquo; (Gen. 4:16), as did Zedekiah in the judgment of Jerusalem (Jer. 39:4; 52:7). Esau went out from the land of Canaan into Edom, slinking away from the face of his brother Jacob, sensing his righteousness and his own carnality (Gen. 36:2-8). Yet Peter in this life &ldquo;went out&rdquo; from the Lord (Mk. 14:68) and then some minutes later further &ldquo;went out and wept bitterly&rdquo; (Lk. 22:62), living out the very figure of condemnation-&nbsp; and yet was able to repent and come back. In this life we can be judged, condemned, weep... but still repent of it and thereby change our eternal destiny. But at the final judgment: it will be just too late. That &lsquo;judgment&rsquo; will be a detailed statement of the outcome of the ongoing investigative judgment which is going on right now. See on Mk. 14:68.</p><p>here are connections between Peter&rsquo;s position at this time and that of the rejected before the judgment seat. His bitter weeping connects most obviously with the weeping and gnashing of teeth of the rejected. He was &lsquo;remaining outside&rsquo; of the Palace where the Lord was (Mt. 26:29 AV &ldquo;sat without&rdquo;). Yet the Greek&nbsp;<i>exo</i>&nbsp;translated &ldquo;without&rdquo; or &ldquo;outside&rdquo; is elsewhere used about the rejected being &ldquo;cast out&rdquo; (Mt. 5:13; 13:48), &lsquo;standing without&rsquo; with the door shut (Lk. 13:25,28), like a fruitless branch cast out into the fire (Jn. 15:6). When we read that Peter &ldquo;went out&rdquo; from the Lord&rsquo;s presence (Mt. 26:75), the same Greek word is used. The oaths which Peter used would probably have included &lsquo;Before God&rsquo;. He was anticipating the judgment seat: before God he admitted he did not know His Son. But in this life we can be condemned- and yet be reprieved through repentance. But remember that Judas likewise &ldquo;went out&rdquo; into the darkness. Judas is described as &quot;standing with&quot; those who ultimately crucified Jesus in Jn 18:5. Interestingly the same idea occurs in Jn. 18:18 where Peter is described as standing with essentially the same group; point being, that Judas and Peter in essence did the same thing, they both denied their Lord and stood with His enemies. But one repented real repentance, whereas the other couldn't muster the faith for this. Lesson: We all deny the Lord, but the two paths before us are those of either Peter or Judas. Peter of course is our pattern. Perhaps Peter was encouraged towards repentance by recalling that just hours before, the Lord had predicted that the disciples would weep s.w., but their sorrow would be turned to joy (Jn. 16:20), in harmony with the Lord&rsquo;s earlier teaching of blessedness for those who weep now. His weeping was intense, and he must&rsquo;ve wondered how ever such weeping could be turned to joy. The only answer was that Jesus would have to die for Peter&rsquo;s sin, be resurrected, forgive Peter and restore fellowship with him, even using him again in His service. It was upon this, then, that Peter desperately set his hope and faith- and it was rewarded.</p>