...behind him. If it be said in the spirit of homage to the Creator, it should be remembered that to Him " a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years." Besides which, the pre-Adamite antiquity of the earth is not, as the objection seems to imply, useless...

...remembered that to Him " who inhabiteth eternity," there can be neither early nor late ; that to Him " a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years." Besides which, the pre-Adamite antiquity of the earth is not, as the objection seems to imply, useless...

...nor the past conceal — that with him there is no passing away of time, no renewal of heing — that a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years — that, in short, all is an eternal present. When, I say, we see and know all this, for us to undertake...

...nor the past conceal — that with him there is no passing away of time, no renewal of being — that a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years — that, in short, all is an eternal present. When, I say, we see and know all this, for us to undertake...

...think of the glorious times, (delayed for the present, but awaiting only the good pleasure of Him, with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years,) when the people shall be all righteous, and nation shall not rise against nation, neither shall they...

...his pervading energy, great and small, heavy and light, can be of no account in acting. As with him a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years, so with him a thousand miles, a thousand leagues, a thousand million of miles, must be as one mile,...

...slack concerning His promise as some men count slackness. Now, how true is this of our times ! With Him a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years. (2 Pet.iii.8.) He has said that judgment is coming on this world, and therefore come it will. He has...

...any. It does indeed cast a ray of light into our lives to feel and know that a righteous God, with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years, will some time in the far future, somewhere in the ceaseless ages of eternity, be triumphant, bring...

...symbolically expressed, because things nearest at hand and farthest off are crowded together, because here " a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years " (2 Pet. iii. 8). But independently of the varying explanations of details, in which we are for the...

...endless duration, in which days and years count for nothing. ' God inhabits eternity, hence with Him a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years ' (1 Peter iii. 8). Periods of duration have nought to do with Him ; His existence is one eternal now,...