Is a 1000 years but a day in the eyes of the Lord?

Answer 1

1000 years is as a day with the Lord. Anyone who questions (rather than analyzing) God's Word (Written and Living) is no better than Satan, as he was the first to question God's Word, as he did it in the Garden of Eden, which ended up in causing the the downfall of mankind. There's a lesson here, for sure. Yes, MANY people were confused with how Christ went about with His earthly ministry, but He didn't and doesn't now need anyone to cover for Him. He came to start the church age, which includes the end times (in which we live). He was born in a stable as the Lamb of God, and was the Shepherd to His flock, but the Lion of the Tribe of Judah will come at the end of the church age, and that is when the rules will REALLY begin to change. Once the temple is recreated in Israel, and a pig/ boar is sacrificed improperly, He will come VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. In short, He lived as a legislator, but will come back as the most Supreme Court Judge ever with immeasureable power.

Answer 2 Peter 3:4-5

"Where is the promise of his coming?"

The author of 2 Peter is aware of the failed expectations of early believers. He knows that Jesus, who was to come soon, didn't come at all. Many have begun to ask, "Where is the promise of his coming?" He tries to cover for Jesus by claiming that "one day with the Lord is as a thousand years.

When The Bible verses quoted above are used in context they demonstrate quite a different picture from that quoted above. The statement in verse 4 'Where is the promise of his coming?' is not made by believers but by scoffers as it states in verse three, immediately preceding it and in the very same sentence, which has been split by the de-contextualized quotation. Here are the verses in context:

1This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 2That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8But, 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. 9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

Further to this, the reference to the 1000 years does not mean that Peter is saying that one day means a 1000 years but that it is 'as' or like a 1000 years. This, in the context of the last days conflict between those who believe the Bible and its account of the flood and those who scoff, refers to God's judgment which will do more in a day than a thousand years of regular and uniform natural processes.

The reference to 1000 years also alludes back to Psalm 90 v 4 where the patriarchs, some of whom nearly lived for a 1000 years, were just about forgotten by Moses time (the author of this Psalm). The point being that we should learn humility for such a long life span is only 'as a day' to an eternal God. Similarly, the challenge in the passage in 2 Peter is to consider 'what manner of persons we ought to be'. If it is, then after God created the world in 6days (6,000 years), then, He rested for 1,000 yrs. Not an attribute for an All-Powerful God.

The above answer is absolutely correct in that this is 'not an attribute for an All-powerful God', which is why, as explained above, the 1000 years referred to in the context is not literal but figurative. The Bible makes it clear when something is literal or figurative. In the book of Revelation for example it mentions that Satan is to be bound for a thousand years and Christ is to reign for a thousand years. Since this is not qualified with the word 'as' or 'like' it is likely that this is intended to be taken literally whereas the 2Peter one is not.

God knows exactly what He is talking about, because the 'rest' on the seventh day is taken as a type or example for God's people at that time, the Israelites to follow in their sabbath, as commanded in Exodus 20: 8 -11. If the 1000 years is to be taken literally, then every time the Israelites had a sabbath they rested for a 1000 years. They obviously did not.

In relation to the Creation days, again the context 'evening and morning' makes the meaning of the Hebrew word 'yom' quite clear that it is talking about a normal day.

8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Answer 2

the book of psalms at 90:4 and it is also mentioned in 2 peter 3:8 that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.

Answer 3

New Testament, 2Peter 3:8

2Peter 3:8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.