A Day As A Thousand Years - Christian Eschatology Second Peter three is a much abused text in the study of Christian eschatology (the end times and last days prophecy). One of the most abused passages in the chapter is verse 8. "But beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." How have the futurists, skeptics and Dispensationalists used this verse? In a word, backwards. What I mean is that they have used it in exactly the opposite manner as that intended by the Apostle. ...