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NASB | 2 Peter 3:8 ¶ 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Peter 3:8 ¶ Nevertheless, 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 is like one day. [Ps 90:4] |
Bible Question:
I would like to "hear" a discussion on the two interpretations of this scripture. Which do you suport and why? 1. One day equals one thousand years, therefore we are in the 6th day (prophetically speaking.) 2. This just means that God is outside of time and therefore not constrained by time. A day to God is the same as a thousand years because both are just as long to Him. Note: If you hold to number one, what do you do with the creation account? When God said a day did He really mean a thousand of our years and therefore created the heavens and earth in 6 thousand years and rested for 1 thousand years? Personally, I can see both interpretations, but which one is correct? or can both be correct? Bows44 |
Bible Answer: Hi, Bows... This passage is not making a mathematical statement. Instead, it is simply an affirmation that God does not perceive time the way that we do. Remember the context, the readers were worried that 40 years had gone by and yet the Lord had not returned. Peter was, by quoting Psalm 90:4, reminding them that the promise of Christ's return was inevitable. I think the philosophical question of God's relation to time is an interesting one. But the more I think of this passage -- which I often do -- the more I think its actual intent comes primarily from its context. Which is always the best form of exegesis anyway. In Him, Doc |