yes that was also my interpretation
Read 2 Peter 3:8 closely:
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends:
With the Lord a day is like a thousand years,
and a thousand years are like a day.It says: (a) "
With the Lord" = a day is like a thousand years; and (b) "
With the Lord" = a thousand years are like a day.
The verse does not say 1 day for God is equivalent to 1,000 years "
for man".
What it means is that since God is eternal, the difference between 1 day and 1,000 years is immaterial to Him. Since God is eternal, He will not grow impatient, unlike humans.
Read verses 8 and 9 together and it will make sense:
8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends:
With the Lord a day is like a thousand years,
and a thousand years are like a day.
9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,
as some understand slowness. Instead he is
patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish,
but everyone to come to repentance. I told you it was really simple.
Misinterpreting that verse will lead to a slew of other misinterpretations. For example:
1,000 years is 1 "day"; we are awaiting the millennial reign of Christ which will be 1,000 years of peace; the coming 1,000 years of peace is a "day" of rest; the "day of rest" is the 7th day, therefore the future 1,000 years of peace will be the 7th thousand years; therefore the 6 prior "days" are actually 6,000 prior years before the coming 7th thousand years; therefore, the human race has been around for no more than 6,000 years; therefore the Young Earth Creationists are correct.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationismI disagree with Young Earth Creationism, because to agree with them is to ignore clear archeological and scientfic evidence that can be easily harmonized with the truth of the bible.
i think dragons and dinosaur are the same specie the only difference is that dragons breathe fire maybe dragons are one of the sub-specie of dinosaur, like the bombardier beetle who breathes fire but still a sub-specie of beetle
No, that's not it.
Dragons are mythological/folkloric creatures. They do not exist, and there is no evidence that they ever existed.
But dinosaurs are very real, and their past existence is proved by archeological evidence.
In the Old Testament, the translation "dragon" does not refer to what we now recognize as the winged, fire-breathing reptile of legend, myth and folklore. Instead, all that is clear from the Old Testament text is that it must have been a large, poisonous creature that may have looked like a serpent.
The bombardier beetle does not breathe fire, although it does eject a spray of noxious chemicals.