Playlist: Day as 1000 Years (topic)
Lessons From the Eighth Day
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeApplying the principle of a day representing 1,000 years to the pattern of seven days followed by a distinct eighth day, human history is seen as 7,000 years of God's preparation, including the 1,000-year Sabbath rest of the seventh millennium, when Christ rules in a peace and unity unknown since Eden. First Corinthians 15 says …
An Abundant Spiritual Offering
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeThe number eight signifies a new start with abundance abundance following a period of time (a week, seven years, or a millennium) of preparatory activity.
Why Trumpets?
Sermonette by James BeaubelleThe Feast of Trumpets depicts a time when angelic beings sound an alarm, warning God's saints to prepare to put themselves under His sovereign rule.
Imagining the Garden of Eden (Part Ten)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe discussion of the phrase "in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die" centers on the Hebrew word yôm, which designates not only the daylight hours or a literal twenty-four-hour solar cycle but also a generic span of time that may extend to a point in time, an era, or even a thousand years. This range of meaning …
Looking Forward (Part 1)
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsPeter addresses the scoffers who question the promise of Christ's return by noting their claim that all things continue unchanged since the fathers fell asleep. He counters this by directing attention to the principle that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. This perspective reveals that …
Where is the Promise of His Coming?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIn II Peter 3:8 the apostle addresses the scoffers' claim that the promise of Christ's return has been delayed so long it will never occur. He instructs believers not to forget that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. This statement draws directly from Psalm 90:4, where a thousand years …
God is on His Throne
Sermonette by Hunter D. SwansonOver the years, we have seen doors open to us and doors closed to us. Sometimes we forcefully shut the open door and other times we try to push a closed door.
The Awesome Cost of Salvation
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughWith the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. This perspective reveals that God does not regard time as men do, for whom seventy years constitute an entire lifetime that slips away with increasing awareness of death and diminishing strength. To God a human life is merely the blink of an eye, …
I Desire Mercy and Not Sacrifice
Sermonette by Clyde FinkleaGod defaults in mercy and love Likewise, He calls on His children to default in mercy to those who have stumbled and on those whom He has not yet called.