This came up the other day so thought i would touch on it,
2 Peter 3:8
“But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing,
that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years,
and a thousand years as one day.”
It was brought up as if one day to the LORD is as a thousand
days then seven years would be as seven thousand years.
O the foolishness of mankind.
To take one line in the bible to create a belief,
If you read all of 2 Peter 3
and consider who GOD is,
the Alpha and the Omega
the beginning and the end,
the first and the last,
the one Who was, Who is and Who is to come.
2 Peter 3:3-10
Know this first of all,
that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking,
following after their own lusts, and saying,
“Where is the promise of His coming?
For ever since the fathers fell asleep,
all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.”
For when they maintain this,
it escapes their notice that
by the word of God the heavens existed long ago
and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.
But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire,
kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved,
that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years,
and a thousand years like one day.
The Lord is not slow about His promise,
as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,
not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
A New Heaven and Earth
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,
in which the heavens will pass away with a roar
and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat,
and the earth and its works will be burned up.
The phrase
For ever since the fathers fell asleep,
(is speaking of forefathers as if dead)
But is spoken is the concept of God being asleep
Know this first of all,
that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking,
following after their own lusts, and saying,
“Where is the promise of His coming?
For ever since the fathers fell asleep,
all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.”
This is being spoken by mockers of GOD,
not believers in Christ our Lord.
In an effort to discourage believers
from following after the teachings and commandments of GOD.
What Peter is saying when stating
"one day is as a thousand years
and a thousand years as one day"
He is using figurative language to convey that God's perception of time
is different from human understanding,
and is emphasizing His eternal nature.
The mockers of GOD are anti Christs,
they seek to draw away the week in mind,
To follow after the evil in this world,
doubting GOD and His word,
to trust in god’s of wood, gold and silver,
the saying of these mockers are the same
as the mockers who say,
eat drink and be marry for tomorrow we die.
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,
in which the heavens will pass away with a roar
and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat,
and the earth and its works will be burned up.
2 Peter 3:1-18
Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way,
what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct
and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God,
because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning,
and the elements will melt with intense heat!
But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens
and a new earth,
in which righteousness dwells.
Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things,
be diligent to be found by Him in peace,
spotless and blameless,
and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation;
just as also our beloved brother Paul,
according to the wisdom given him,
wrote to you, as also in all his letters,
speaking in them of these things,
in which are some things hard to understand,
which the untaught and unstable distort,
as they do also the rest of the Scriptures,
to their own destruction.
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand,
be on your guard so that you are not carried away
by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness,
but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Have no doubt the Lord is going to return.
And have no doubt you need to be ready.
For once He returns all bets are off, you have already set your fate
And you will not have a second chance
to except His gift of salvation.
So heed the word of Peter the words of our LORD Christ Jesus,
“be on your guard so that you are not carried away
by the error of unprincipled men
and fall from your own steadfastness,
but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
Your life could end at any moment!
Are you ready to stand before GOD,
before our Lord Christ Jesus,
for your actions you have taken,
for the choices you have made?
We are told to seek first the Kingdom of God
and His righteousness.
We are told by Jesus
“if you love Me you will keep My commandments.
John 14:1-3
“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God,
believe also in Me.
In My Father’s house are many dwelling places;
if it were not so, I would have told you;
for I go to prepare a place for you.
If I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again and receive you to Myself,
that where I am, there you may be also.”
Want to be with Christ, to dwell with Him and Father God?
that choise is yours to make.
out for now.