… the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called god (II Thess. 2:3-4),

the "opposite Christ" is the Antichrist. It is he who will lead Peter, and perhaps the entire Church of Peter, "whither" Peter does not want. If so, then here we are talking about some kind of final "apostasy" from Christ of all Christian humanity ("until the apostasy comes," according to the same word of Paul). It seems that the Lord Himself says the same thing at the Last Supper:

Simon! Simon! Behold, Satan asked to sow you as wheat.

But I prayed that thy faith might not fail, and that thou shalt be converted and strengthen thy brethren. (Luke 22:31-32.)

This means: one day, Peter, having conquered his second "apostasy," his "renunciation," just like the first, will again become the "Rock" on which the Church will be built in such a way that "the gates of hell shall not prevail against her" (Matt. 16:18).

XIII

And having said these things, he said to him, "Follow me."

Peter, looking back, sees the disciple whom Jesus loved coming after him...

… And he said: Lord! And what about this one?

Jesus said to him, "If I want him to remain until I come, what does it matter to you?" Thou shalt follow Me. (John 21:19-22).

Here is the last word of the Lord on earth, not only to Peter, but to all mankind:

follow me.

sm moi bkolomqei. —

With this word the Lord departs, to what distance, earthly or heavenly, we do not know; we only know that wherever He is, on earth or in heaven, He is with us everywhere and always. It is in this eternal Presence – the Coming of the Lord, παρουσία – that the main meaning of the last meeting before eternal separation, the meeting of the Resurrected One with the disciples in the First Gospel (28:26).