I have often heard it quoted, "a day for the Lord is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as a day."

Question

I can't recall reading that in the Bible could anyone give me a referance for it?

Answer 1

Silly fundies obviously hasn't read Pslam 90 (I happened to last night, so this question caught my eye). It's in there.

"Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations...You turn men back to dust, saying, "Return to dust, O sons of men." For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night." (Psalm 90:1,3,4)

Answer 2

One minute in eternity is how long a species of bird that flys to the top of a mountain as high as Everest Once every trillion years.and by the time that mountain is worn down level.by the simple act of that little bird sharpening its beak on a stone at the top of that mountain, that's a minute in eternity.so the bible is a little off on that one by a few trillion times a trillion times a trillion years.My mother told me that so it has to be true Y'all. It is in the bible about that 1000 years.but above a certain plane of existence their is no time,its all like an open book, all the past ,the present, & the future is all right there,for us all to see. You will see it all one day, but do live in the present ,thats all we all truly have right now .that is. the soul can see all, within the spirit, but the present is the best place to be .Peace.

Answer 3

Yes.

2 Peter 3:8
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

Answer 4

2 Peter 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.

Answer 5

it is from one of the letters of Peter and yes, probably quoting Psalm 90, a Psalm of Moses
and means God does not experience time as we do, possibly being outside time and not to be put off because we think God is slow in our terms....

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2 Peter 3:8
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

Answer 6

(2 Peter 3:8) ...

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

Answer 7

2 Peter 3:8

Some Christians use this to change the OT dates that border on the ridiculous. Some even try to multiply the thousand out to billions and make the days of creation line up with reality.

Answer 8

there is not any requirement in Scripture to have self assurance that the only God is "3 coequal, coeternal, consubstantional persons" with the intention to be saved. That Jesus is divine is apparent from verses like Colossians 2:19 ("For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead actual."), a million Timothy 3:16 ("God grow to be ensue contained in the flesh"), and Revelation a million:8, 11 and 22:13 with Isaiah 40 4:6 (Jesus reported, "i'm Alpha and Omega, the starting up and the ending, saith the Lord, it truly is, and which grow to be, and that is to go back, the Almighty" and "i'm Alpha and Omega, the first and the perfect"; Jehovah reported, "i'm the first, and that i'm the perfect; and beside me there is not any God.") the issue with maximum preparation on the deity of Jesus Christ is that folk interpret it by skill of the "lens" of Trinitarianism. All of those Scriptures educate the deity of Christ; regardless of the indisputable fact that, none of them educate the trinity. compared to guy, God is everywhere-cutting-edge, all-understanding, and all-sensible; for this reason, he's able to maintain a divine existence and a unique human existence and yet nonetheless proceed to be indivisibly and actual One (Deuteronomy 4:6). "With adult adult males this isn't available; yet with God all issues are available" (Matthew 19:26). To sum it up, God the daddy is the in hardship-free words authentic God (John 17:a million, 3), and Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God the daddy, the in hardship-free words authentic God, ensue contained in the flesh (a million Timothy 3:16). To added expound in this element, the Holy Spirit isn't yet another "man or woman" in an alleged "trinity," yet extremely is the Spirit of God the daddy, the in hardship-free words authentic God (Matthew 10:20). The Spirit of God isn't any better a unique "man or woman" than is the spirit of guy.

Answer 9

The scripture is 2Peter3:8.What it means is that no one knows the time line of the Lord.You just need to be ready for his return.It is definitely not a reference to calculating any point in time ,future,past or present

Answer 10

In the first century, there were some who apparently felt that God should have fulfilled his promises sooner. They had become so impatient that they even considered God to be slow or late. On this account, the apostle Peter had to remind them that God’s view of time is quite different from ours. Peter writes: “Let this one fact not be escaping your notice, beloved ones, that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.”—2 Peter 3:8.

According to this way of figuring time, an 80-year-old person has lived only about two hours, and all of mankind’s history has lasted only about six days. When we look at things from this perspective, it becomes easier for us to understand God’s way of dealing with us.

God, however, is not indifferent to time. On the contrary, he is very time conscious. (Acts 1:7) Peter, therefore, goes on to say: “Jehovah is not slow respecting his promise, as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with you because he does not desire any to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9) Unlike humans, God does not feel pressured to do things as if time were running out for him. As the “King of eternity,” he has a marvelous overview and can determine when in the stream of time his actions will do the most good for all involved.—1 Timothy 1:17.

After explaining the reason for God’s apparent slowness, Peter sounds this warning: “Jehovah’s day will come as a thief.” That is to say, the day of accounting will come just when people are not expecting it. Then, in the following verses, Peter points to the marvelous prospect for those manifesting “holy acts of conduct and deeds of godly devotion,” namely, that they may survive into God’s promised “new heavens and a new earth.”—2 Peter 3:10-13.

This should make us appreciate all the more that God’s judgment has not yet come. His patience has made it possible for us to come to know his purpose and to adjust our lives in order to receive his promised blessings. Should we not view “the patience of our Lord as salvation,” as Peter argues? (2 Peter 3:15) There is, however, another factor in God’s patience.