One day is with the Lord as a thousand years,
and a thousand years as one day.
For a thousand years in thy sight
are but as yesterday when it is past.
Time dilation is the scientific observation that time does not pass at the same rate for every observer. Motion and gravity change the clock. It is used in Bible study beside the verses that already say a day with the Lord is as a thousand years. The science does not explain those verses. It can illustrate that time is part of the created order, and that the Maker is not inside the clock. He declares the end from the beginning. The illustration belongs with relativity. It is not a key to date the end.
- Clocks do not all run at the same rate.
- A day with the Lord is as a thousand years.
- The science illustrates. It does not date prophecy.
A thousand years as one day.
The Maker is not inside the clock.
Not a key to the date.
- Time dilation says clocks can run at different rates.
- Motion and gravity enter the account.
- Scripture already speaks of a day as a thousand years with the Lord.
- The science can illustrate that time is created.
- It does not explain the verse, and it does not date the end.
- It belongs with relativity.
- The Science – Clocks do not all agree.
- The Verse – A thousand years as one day.
- The Claim – Time is created.
- The Limit – Not a date for the end.
- The Pair – Relativity.
- The Use – Illustration, not proof.
- 2 Peter 3:8 – “One day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
- Psalm 90:4 – “For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.”
- Isaiah 46:10 – “Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done.”
- Hebrews 13:8 – “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.”
- Revelation 1:8 – “I am Alpha and Omega… which is, and which was, and which is to come.”
- John 8:58 – “Before Abraham was, I am.”
- Psalm 102:27 – “But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.”
- Isaiah 57:15 – “The high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity.”
- Acts 17:26 – “And hath determined the times before appointed.”
- Hebrews 1:2 – “By whom also he made the worlds.”
One day is with the Lord as a thousand years.
A thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday.
Declaring the end from the beginning.
Time dilation says clocks do not all agree. It can illustrate that time is created. It is not a key to the date.
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