http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=?II+Peter+3:8
With the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like one day”. II Peter 3:8
Although this refers to the mockers of Jesus delays in coming, it is a timeframe to show God has a different view of time than maybe we have. However it does not say millions or billions of years.
It says (among other things) that God is not bound by time. Time is not irrelevant to God (He invented it after all) but he’s not bound by it. And time looks completely different to Him than it does to us. I believe the creation story is told from God’s eye view.
I agree, but I think it is reasoned to take comments like this in context.
In Genesis it clearly defines the day. The evening and the morning were the first day. Now we could debate what the evening and morning were in the first few days of creation, but I don’t think it’s necessary. We do know that these same markers were used in each of the days, so it seems conventional days as we know them were being addressed.
Now, if we’re talking about a being that is everlasting, always has been and will always be (something most of us can’t wrap our pointy little heads around), it is germane to mention his overall clock compared to ours.
We last 50-100 years, generally around 70 or so. Is it easy to fathom God’s lingering in these time frames? Probably not. If you think of God’s time frame though, it is true that a 1000 years might be more like a day of His. (Most likely an exaggeration even then, but it does make things more understandable for common man IMO.) Is there even a day night comparison in Heaven? If there is no sleep for God, it would be rather easy to see 1000 years as being no more than a day is for us (I suppose).
umm, no, it does not refer to mockers
it refers to God’s patience and how he is out of time
So, since a day is like a thousand years, how come you never use the second half of that verse to make a point?
That a thousand years is like a day?
2Pet 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.
2Pet 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
you need to watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmgs4a-Gbrc
you also have to defend Jesus fasting in the desert before He was tempted by Satan, for according to your use of the bible, Jesus fasted for 40,000 years
After all, YOU SAID a DAY is like 1000 years