...On re.iding the 3d chapter of the yd Epistle of Peter, where he says at the Stli verse: "Beloved.be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the L- r<l as a llioutand years, and a thousand years as one day ;" it has struck me forcibly, that this,...

...reading the Sd chapter of the 2d Epistle of Peter, where no say* at the 8th verse: "Beloved, be nol ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day i" it has struck me forcibly, that this* if taken...

...from the beginning. " The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness ;" lt beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one...thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." The interval between the prediction and the accomplishment, though a period of five centuries, is, in the...

...are a day of Brahma f . so does that day contain five thousand days of 24 boon. 9L Peter says, '•' 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." 2 Pet. Hi. 8. This is the Maha or great day...

...Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the first born, which are written in heaven, and to God the...mediator of the new covenant. Hebrews xii. 22, 23, 34. vol., i. 32* But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as...

...indignation, that shall at length consume all the wicked, as we shall see more plainly hereafter. 8. " But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing ;...thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." The Church, when told of the coming of its great Redeemer, must not calculate the time of its fulfilment,...

...his word, and are kept for fire at a day of condemnation, and of the destruction of ungodly men. 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. 9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise,...

...shall perish, but Thou shall endure. * » » Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end." " Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thonsand years, and a thonsand years as one day."t Dan. iv. 35. Job. xni 7. to the end of the...

...Apostle Peter seems to allude to this, when speaking of the coming of Christ, and the end of the world. " But beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that...a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concernfng hig promise; but the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night," &c.* Hence-the...

...reserved unto fire against the* Exhortation to holiness. day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 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. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise,...