Second Peter is the Book of Imminency. Peter was in the imminent expectation of his own physical death, and writing with an urgency for believers to hold fast the Word of God and reject the false teachers that were working their evil among them. The Divine judgment itself is also taught in terms of imminency. Unbelievers are admonished that God’s patience is giving them time to repent, but that time may come to an end today.
“Of Peter” is named for the author of the epistle.
The Apostle Peter (2nd Pet. 1:1), calling himself Simon-Peter a bond-slave and apostle.