ONE THOUSAND YEARS by Thos. H. Jeys

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 11, 1901

ONE THOUSAND YEARS.

By Thos. H. Jeys

THOS. H. JEYS. (Modale, Iowa.)

“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.” 2 Peter 3:8. The Lord here warns His people not to circumscribe in their minds the power of God, nor to conceive of Him as being limited, like man, by time.

“One day as a thousand years.” When God’s time comes for the accomplishment of His purpose, then the obstacles which to man seem insurmountable, or so great as to require thousands of years to overcome, God can surmount in one day, and accomplish His purpose fully. Peter here speaks concerning the coming of Jesus in the great day. When we look over the great work to be done, our reason, unaided by faith, would have us believe that the time will be long; but when we remember that God can do a thousand-years’ work in one day, we may then realize the meaning of Paul when he says that God will finish His work, and cut it short in righteousness.

The gospel has ever been committed to man, and we have no evidence that it will be otherwise in the closing work. On the day of Pentecost, in the time of the early rain, three thousand were converted in a day. This was due, not to the power of man, but to the presence of the Spirit of God. O that the power from on high might rest now upon God’s people! Then would a thousand-years’ work be done in a day. God’s warning message would go immediately to earth’s remotest bounds, and a short work indeed would God make upon the earth.