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.
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2 Peter 3:6-10
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3:8 Peter alludes to Ps 90:4. God operates according to his time scale. He will send his Son in his own good time.
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For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
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