“But, 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.”
But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day — the Psalm 90:4 allusion addresses the perceived delay of the parousia from a human perspective. Divine temporality (divine timelessness) transcends human chronological expectation. The equation dissolves the scoffers' taunt: a thousand years of waiting is, to God, a single day.
Church Fathers on 2 Peter 3:8
For in as many days as this world was made, in so many thousand years shall it be concluded. And for this reason the Scripture says: Thus the heaven and the earth were finished, and all their adornment. And God brought to a conclusion upon the sixth day the works that He had made; and God rested upon the seventh day from all His works. This is an account of the things formerly created, as also it is a prophecy of what is to come. For the day of the Lord is as a thousand…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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