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Categories: GOD, NEW TESTAMENT, RELATIONSHIPSWhat is the meaning of “a thousand years with the Lord is as one day, and one day as a thousand years”?Sincerely,
Tick Tock
Dear Tick Tock,
The verse you are referring to is 2 Pet 3:8. When you put that verse in context, it is referring to how patient God is. God created the world, and someday He will destroy it (2 Pet 3:11). Mockers say that this will never happen because nothing cataclysmic has happened in their lifetime (2 Pet 3:3-4). But in mocking God, they forget that things have changed throughout history. One time God flooded the earth – that’s a big change (2 Pet 3:5-6), and someday He will destroy the earth by fire (2 Pet. 3:7). Just because those events didn’t happen in our lifetime, doesn’t mean they didn’t or won’t happen. God is very patient and gives mankind many years to repent and turn back to Him before the Final Judgment (2 Pet 3:8-9).
