Why I Am A Futurist

[good samaritan]

2 Peter 3:8 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 really doesn't matter what we think about scripture saying quickly, speedily, etc. because God's watch works different than ours. Once again that is why I don't lock in anything other than the Lord will return and there will be a judgement. Sure I believe in the fulfillment of all the prophecies in scripture, but I don't know which has and has not occurred. It's all just mostly speculation. One thing I am sure of is that the resurrection of the Church has not occurred because I am still here and I don't plan it going without me. lol.

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Originally Posted by good samaritan

2 Peter 3:8 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 really doesn't matter what we think about scripture saying quickly, speedily, etc. because God's watch works different than ours. Once again that is why I don't lock in anything other than the Lord will return and there will be a judgement. Sure I believe in the fulfillment of all the prophecies in scripture, but I don't know which has and has not occurred. It's all just mostly speculation. One thing I am sure of is that the resurrection of the Church has not occurred because I am still here and I don't plan it going without me. lol.

That passage is so famously taken out of context. It is not saying any given day with God means a thousand years with us. How many times have I addressed this? Lol. It means when God prophesies something, it's no more difficult to bring to pass whether there is a day's duration to fulfillment or a thousand years. Read it again.

In my opinion it does matter when we read "quickly," because God is communicating. And if he communicate about different units than we understand, communication is a joke. No, quickly meant quickly and he had our understanding in mind when he said that.