 | 1804 - 508 pages
...literally means time present) is analogous to i AM, and is declarative of the eternity of Christ : " For, with the Lord, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." Nor does Heb. i. 6. prove, that the term begotten is ap- , plied to Christ's... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - 1801 - 376 pages
...existence.'* Reasoning thus, we are struck with the deep meaning of the passage in Holy Writ, that ' with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.' We devoted the greater part of a day to an excursion to the Castle of Polignac,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 468 pages
...When this is ended, " the Day of the Lord" will begin. But who can say how long it will continue ? " With the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."* And from this very expression, some of the ancient Fathers drew that inference,... | |
 | John Pye Smith - 1821 - 396 pages
...even as they honour the Father," VI. " The Lord and Saviour : Where is the promise of his coming 1 With the Lord, one day is as a thousand years, and...reckon delaying ; but is long-suffering towards us, desiring that not any should perish, but that all should come to a change of mind. But the day of the... | |
 | 610 pages
...Mind? God and eternity are coeval. Infinite duration is but " the years of the Most High ;" with whom " one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." The heathens held, that Jupiter was the father of the gods and of men ; and that he arranged the confused... | |
 | John Wesley - 1825 - 742 pages
...day ; when this is ended, the Da;/ of the Lord will begin. But who can say how long it will continue? "With the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." (2 Pet. iii. 8.) And from this very expression, some of the ancient Fathers... | |
 | 1859 - 632 pages
...sometimes, at least, so it appears to us, poor finite, shortsighted creatures, but with the Lord a day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Israelites tarried long ; four hundred and thirty years were accomplished before the promised deliverance... | |
 | Robert Culbertson - 1826 - 584 pages
...is described in the same way: ' the Spirit of truth which proceedeih from the Father,' John xv. 26. With the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as yesterday. The chapter is concluded with an account of the happy influence of the... | |
 | John Richards - 1827 - 466 pages
...in the counsels of Him who sees i 2 Peter iii. 4. the whole as it were at one glance ; with whom " one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." The reason of delay on God's part is the most merciful and gracious that can be imagined, wouldHis sinful... | |
 | John Marsh - 1827 - 498 pages
...six millions of years since, they would have sneered in like manner and with the same propriety. " With the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day." We gain nothing on God's eternity by going back to the most distant assignable... | |
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But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 
