2 Peter 3:7-8

[Maestro]

What do you guys make of this passage?

2 Peter 3:7-8 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 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.

It's always jumped out at me: why say that there will be a day of judgement and then immediately tell us that a day is a thousand years? I judgement day ALL of Christ's millennial reign when the whole of mankind is raised up and judged?

[Hootmon]

You need to add a bit more to that to put it in context
2 Peter 3 (NKJV)
(1) 1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us,[1] the apostles of the Lord and Savior, 3knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation." 5For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8But, 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. [b]9The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us,[2] not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. This passage tells me that God will take as long as necessary so that 'all should come to repentence'.

In other words, God isnt in a hurry, and dont listen to the scoffers who say he is never coming back.

[MikeJ]

Maestro,

The Apostle Peter may have been making a reference to the Millennial-Sabbath Theory. Some of the early Church Fathers believed that since the Lord recreated the heavens and the Earth in six days and rested on the seventh and because a day is like a thousand years to God that likewise there would be six millennias granted to mankind and then the Lord would usher in His Millennium (Sabbath). Peter was also saying that at the end of the seventh day, the Lord would destroy the Earth by fire and then recreate it anew.

Mike

[Maestro]

Yeah, that's what I were thinking... ;)