Today, 19 february 2020

King James version (en)

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.

Comments:

Wesley's Notes

But be not ye ignorant - Whatever they are. Of this one thing - Which casts much light on the point in hand. That one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day - Moses had said, 90:4, "A thousand years in thy sight are as one day;"which St. Peter applies with regard to the last day, so as to denote both his eternity, whereby he exceeds all measure of time in his essence and in his operation; his knowledge, to which all things past or to come are present every moment; his power, which needs no long delay, in order to bring its work to perfection; and his longsuffering, which excludes all impatience of expectation, and desire of making haste. One day is with the Lord as a thousand years - That is, in one day, in one moment he can do the work of a thousand years. Therefore he "is not slow:" he is always equally ready to fulfil his promise. And a thousand years are as one day - That is, no delay is long to God. A thousand years are as one day to the eternal God.Therefore "he is longsuffering:" he gives us space for repentance, without any inconvenience to himself. In a word, with God time passes neither slower nor swifter than is suitable to him and his economy; nor can there be any reason why it should be necessary for him either to delay or hasten the end of all things. How can we comprehend this? If we could comprehend it, St. Peter needed not to have added, with the Lord.

Notes

Anyone who has read attentively the Bible, knows that, when it comes to "time and deadlines", one should handle God's words with a certain caution. As shows the experience of the Christian history, which extends already three millennium, His "soon" and our "soon" differ from each other, and moreover very considerably. But what means this difference? And to what is it connected? The apostle says that for God one day is as thousand years. But how lasting is the day of God? And with what measures do we measure the days of the One Who Himself is timeless? And thousand years - is it an exact figure? Or an allegory, as the one found in the English language, when we speak about something which was already "one thousand times said" or "known thousand years"? And if it is the case, while God waits? And why He says that already "soon"?

Probably, if He acted alone, without regard to man, everything could have really ended much faster, maybe, even sooner than we can imagine. But here is the problem, that He doesn’t want to act like that. Because, it is important for Him to engage us, men in His plans, but to engage the fallen man in something good, and even more in the work of his own salvation, - is not a simple task, especially, if we consider that it can be done only with our consent.

It seems that it is in particular here, that is the reason for which God's "soon" is so different from ours. Everything is close, the Kingdom is near, everything can end at any time, the ship is ready to sail, but it is absolutely necessary to wait for the travelers who are late, otherwise, those remained on the shore, which will become very fast unfit for life, will be condemned to perdition.

And the Captain waits, waits, as it may seem to some, wasting time in vain. But He knows better, and He waits. And how much it will be necessary to wait depends, among others, above all on us. For, without us the Kingdom is not complete. And when we shall become attached to its plenitude and how time (according to the earthly count) it will take, depends not only on God, but also on us.

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