Peter in Jerusalem

It is likely that Peter wrote his epistles from Jerusalem in the 60’sAD, which would make his statement about the end of all things at hand clear (1 Pet 4:7). Soon after he wrote this epistle, all believers fled Jerusalem.

Peter was the resident apostle of Jerusalem, as Paul made clear in Galatians. At the end of 2nd Peter, Peter said, “They of Babylon greet you”, which could mean Jerusalem, for the Jews were then the main persecutor of the church and had killed the Lord and the prophets. Babylon is the apostate bride who was unfaithful:
Jerusalem. (See Is 1:21, Jer 2:20, 3:1-11, Ezek 16:15-18; Ezek 23.) Compare Matt 23:34-37 and Luke 11:47-51, with Rev 17:6 and 18:20, 24.

Peter could even have written his epistles from Jerusalem at the very time Roman forces were gathering against it. The Catholics say Babylon was symbolic of Rome, to support their claim that Peter was writing from Rome as their first Pope, but the Roman church was started by Paul’s team workers, which is why Paul wrote the epistle of Romans. There is no evidence that Peter was ever in Rome.

When Peter wrote 2nd Peter, the forces of Rome were about to begin their three and half year siege of Jerusalem, which ended in its total destruction.