3:82 Peter 3:8

With the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day, because He does not count time as men count it.Ms 25, 1911, par. 5–6+2 The long waiting for His promises does not mean they have failed or been forgotten, but shows His patience toward men, since He is unwilling that any should perish and gives room for repentance while His coming and judgment remain certain.Ms 25, 1911, par. 5–6+2 What is said to come shortly is shortly in His reckoning even when it stretches across long ages for men.Ms 92, 1891, par. 1–4 The present time stands before that coming and judgment as the opportunity to prepare for immortal life by honoring God and helping others rather than wasting life in self-gratification.ST Apr 12, 1905+2 The day of judgment is a thousand years long, opened by the coming of the Son of man to raise the sleeping saints and change the living.WLF 23.4–24.1

With the Lord a thousand years are as one day and one day as a thousand years, because His measure of time is not the human measure.Ms 25, 1911, par. 5–6+1 His timing is not to be judged by human expectations, so what seems like slowness or delay is not forgetfulness or failure of promise.Ms 25, 1911, par. 5–6+1 That apparent delay is longsuffering, for He desires people to repent rather than perish, while the promised coming and judgment remain certain.Ms 25, 1911, par. 5–6+1

What Revelation declares must shortly come to pass is shortly in God's reckoning even when it spans long ages for men, because with the Lord time is not counted as men count it.Ms 92, 1891, par. 1–4

The day of judgment is 1000 years long.WLF 23.4–24.1 That thousand-year judgment day is introduced by the coming of the Son of man to raise the sleeping saints and to change those who are alive at that time.WLF 23.4–24.1

God's reckoning of time explains the long wait for the promise made to Abraham and his seed, which has not failed and only appears to tarry but at the appointed time will surely come and will not tarry.PP 169.4–170.2 Its final fulfillment was not the occupation of Canaan by the Jewish people, since Abraham himself is to share the inheritance.PP 169.4–170.2 The gift to Abraham and his seed through Christ includes not merely the land of Canaan but the whole earth freed from the curse of sin, given to all who are Christ's as Abraham's seed.PP 169.4–170.2

The apparent slowness of the promised coming is not delay or forgetfulness, for with the Lord a thousand years are as one day and one day as a thousand years, since His measure of time is not the human measure.Ms 25, 1911, par. 5–6+1 What seems long to men is His patience and longsuffering, because He desires people to repent rather than perish, while the promised judgment and coming remain certain.Ms 25, 1911, par. 5–6+1 With the rest of its chapter, the verse belongs to a foretelling of the abominations and crimes and wickedness that would prevail during the last days, and that foretelling is seen fulfilled in the state of the world.Lt 220, 1903, par. 46–48

Past destructions prove the sure result of transgressing God's holy law and guarantee a final destruction by fire in the closing period of the world's history.Ms 134, 1902, par. 10 The antediluvian world was destroyed for transgressing God's law and refusing heed to admonitions, the inhabitants of Sodom were destroyed for not obeying the laws of God's kingdom, and Jerusalem was destroyed because Israel would not heed the messages the Lord gave them.Ms 134, 1902, par. 10 The destruction of Jerusalem was only a symbol of the greater calamity of the destruction of the impenitent world for whom Christ was about to give His life as the great sacrificial offering for redemption.Ms 134, 1902, par. 9+1 When that greater calamity comes the world will be destroyed this time not by a flood but by fire.Ms 134, 1902, par. 9+1

As the old world was destroyed by water, the earth will be deluged by fire, and before that deluge God's judgments will fall upon the earth.PP 99.3 In that time the impenitent will know exactly where and what their sin is, the despising of God's holy law, just as the flood sinners knew in their terrible hour that transgression of God's law had caused their ruin.PP 99.3 Their acknowledgment will be forced by fear of punishment, with no true contrition and no abhorrence of evil, and they would return to defiance of Heaven if the judgment were removed, just as the old-world sinners would have.PP 99.3 The judgment day is right upon us, and the judgments that have already come are a warning but not the finishing of the punishment that will come on wicked cities, where all kinds of sin and iniquity of the most revolting character are practiced and the Lord's name is greatly dishonored.21MR 87.1

The time now given to people stands set between Christ's coming and the final judgment, and is given as opportunity to prepare for that day.ST Apr 12, 1905 That preparation is honoring God and helping others rather than wasting life in self-gratification.ST Apr 12, 1905 Those who refuse to learn that Christ's coming is near will find no excuse in their chosen ignorance.ST Apr 12, 1905 The warning stands that the ungodly will be destroyed, so the present is the time to prepare for immortal life before that judgment arrives.STB 451.3

Time and life are to be measured against eternity, for character formed now and the use of God-given powers carry lasting consequences.Lt 41, 1877, par. 22–24 Therefore time is precious and is to be spent in preparing for eternity rather than conforming to the world's standard.Lt 41, 1877, par. 22–24 This is Bible truth alone worth living for, upholding God and His glory against every pleasing sophistry of human wisdom.Lt 220, 1903, par. 46–48 With the rest of the chapter it foretells the abominations, crimes, and wickedness that would prevail in the last days, as seen in the condition of the world.Lt 220, 1903, par. 46–48 In view of this, true Christians are called to lives of humility and prayer.Lt 220, 1903, par. 46–48