For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday Which may
be said to obviate the difficulty in man's return, or
resurrection, from the dead, taken from the length of time in
which some have continued in the grave; which vanishes, when it
is observed, that in thy sight, esteem, and account of God, a
thousand years are but as one day; and therefore, should a man
lie in the grave six or seven thousand years, it would be but as
so many days with God; wherefore, if the resurrection is not
incredible, as it is not, length of time can be no objection to
it. Just in the same manner is this phrase used by the Apostle
Peter, and who is thought to refer to this passage, to remove an
objection against the second coming of Christ, taken from the
continuance of things as they had been from the beginning, and
from the time of the promise of it: see ( 2 Peter 3:4-8 ) ,
though the words aptly express the disproportion there is
between the eternal God and mortal man; for, was he to live a
thousand years, which no man ev