<p>1:19 <i>And we have the word of prophecy made yet more sure-</i> The Greek is awkward here. I think the sense is that Peter is sparing a thought for those of us who did not hear the Divine voice at the Lord's baptism and transfiguration. He is saying that in any case for &quot;we&quot; who heard the voice in reality, the prophetic word is even more &quot;sure&quot; as a witness. Because events can be forgotten, no matter how momentous at the time; memory fades and also distorts. But the fulfilment of the prophetic word of God is more sure for Peter than even his personal experience of hearing God's actual voice. And it is to<i> that</i> recorded voice which his readers needed to pay attention to.</p><p>&quot;Prophecy&quot; in Hebrew refers to speaking forth God's word, more than prediction of future events. There were New Testament prophets, speaking forth God's word under inspiration. Peter has earlier appealed for his readers to give due attention to his own inspired words. He is reasoning that although they did not hear the Divine voice as he had done, the letter he was writing, along with that of the other prophets, was even more sure than his account to them of having heard God's actual voice. The written inspired word is no less the actual voice of God to men.</p><p><i>To which you do well that you take heed, as a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the day-star arises in your hearts</i>- The command &quot;hear Him&quot; was given to Peter and those who heard it; but the witness of God's prophetic word is even &quot;more sure&quot;, and all of us must likewise &quot;take heed&quot; to that; and Peter's readership were to take heed to Peter's own inspired words just as much. This even more sure word of prophecy is shining as a light (candle) in the dark (&quot;squalid&quot;, R.V.mg.) place of our mortal mind, or of the dingy apartments the Jewish refugee converts in Asia were living in, &quot;<i>until</i> the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts&quot;. When the day of Christ's coming arrives, we will then have the fullness of the light of God's revelation. The present word of prophecy is but a lamp struggling against the darkness of our natural mind, in this life. But at the Lord's return, our very innermost beings will be filled with the light of God's revelation in Christ. Somehow our knowledge of God will be of such a different magnitude, that we will no longer relate to the word of prophecy in the same way as we do now. We must take heed to the word <i>in our hearts</i>- this is the idea, rather than any suggestion of a mystical coming of Christ in our hearts.</p>