Also, who knows how much time passed between verse 1 and verse 2. While I don't subscribe to some versions of the "gap" theory which speculate as to lots of things which supposedly happened durning this period, there is much biblical evidence to support the theory that there was a long gap beteen the two verses.
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends:
With the Lord a day is like a thousand years,
and a thousand years are like a day.
2 Peter 3:8