This entire post is absolute hog wash.
That would be your toothless argument which I destroyed. I just wanted to throw in that you are probably the same type who also thinks God created the universe in 6 days.
I destroyed it BOTH WAYS. I know the Universe is 13.7 billion years old and that the first YOWM (time period) was 9.2 billion years. I don't say in this reference that the word yowm can't be used for a day, because even if it is, its only speaking of ONE DAY that starts God's Wrath, seeing as the 5th Trumpet (2nd Woe) last for 5 months it seems like a little logic would step in and tell you, this one day understanding can not be correct. I mean, this is what I mean guys by tunnel vision, its one day even though it can't be one day, but that's how "I learned it" so I am sticking to it like a flat earther 2000 years ago stuck to the flat earth theory. (I shouldn't say that too loud, my 40 year old brother still thinks the earth is flat, that we never traveled to the moon, and that there are not really any stars, and gets mad when I laugh in his face, and he's not a dumb, just gullible)
Rev. 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. 5 And
to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
So, a part of God's Wrath lasts 5 months........BUT.......The Day of God's Wrath lasts just ONE DAY. Utter brilliance, how do we come up with these 2 + 2 = 13 summations? Tunnel Vision !!
The word 'day' in the original Hebrew language means DAY.
Freindo, I do WORD STUDIES on one word that covers pages. I use the an online English Hebrew Massoretic Translated Text Bible .
Genesis 1 - Hebrew English Translation Massoretic Text MT Interlinear Holy Name King James Version KJV Strong's Concordance Online Parallel Bible Study
I do word studies myself, using the Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean languages etc. etc. I just proved it has 50 different meanings, since you still want to debate the point I will go to my summation on this which shows it being used in the bible in many, many varied ways, and always via a TIME PERIOD.
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AV - day 2008, time 64, chronicles + H1697 37, daily 32, ever 17,
year 14, continually 10, when 10, as 10, while 8, full 8
always 4, whole 4, alway 4, misc 44; 2274
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Some examples where this word is used in a different way BELOW: Notice it's always used as a PERIOD OF TIME of some sort.
2 Kings 17:37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for
evermore(YOWM); and ye shall not fear other gods.
Genesis 4:3 And in
process of time(YOWM) it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
Micah 5:2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from
everlasting(YOWM).
Ezekiel 4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a
year(YOWM).
Exodus 13:10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from
year to year(YOWM).
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth(YOWM), seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis 40:4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a
season(YOWM) in ward.
Joshua 24:7 And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a
long season(YOWM).
1 Kings 9:3 And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there
perpetually(YOWM).
Genesis 29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space(YOWM) of a month.
Leviticus 26:34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths,
as long(YOWM) as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
Deuteronomy 28:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and
spoiled evermore(YOWM), and no man shall save thee.
Deuteronomy 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments
always(YOWM), that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually(YOWM).
Genesis 41:1 And it came to pass at the end of
two full(YOWM) years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
I could go on and on, but I think this shows enough variation and instances which shows us that the Hebrew word YOWM is used for a PERIOD OF TIME of many sorts. Of course it is going to be used for a day more than any other word because God is going to use "SPECIFIC MENTIONS OF DAYS" more than any other period of time. Whenever a Prophets says that there will be so and so many days of this or that he used the word YOWM. But when it was meant as EVERMORE he also used the word YOWM, and when it meant a YEAR they also used the word YOWM, etc. etc.
So God uses the word YOWM and it's up to us to EVENTUALLY figure out what "PERIOD OF TIME" He (God) meant when he used the word yowm!! The Hebrew language had only 4000 words and no vowels at the time, it was a primitive language of course. We shouldn't allow the professors of that time (Pharisees, Scribes) to sway us into saying this has to mean ONE DAY, it was a period of time and it's up to us to figure it out in the end. All men knew back then comparatively speaking was that we had days/years/months. So they had to see it as something, what was it going to be ? Day, Year, Month, Evermore, Perpetually, Full, Always, X Required, Space of time etc. etc. They sure didn't have a clue about how big the universe is like we do, they had no concept of billions of years like we do.
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I always am very well infirmed on these things before I open my trap. After all I have written blogs on how old the universe is and how God created the Universe over 13.7 billion years.
The ONLY reason for people striving to force it to mean a longer period of time is to try to give credence to the Pre Trib Rapture via claiming God's Wrath in scripture refers to the Great Tribulation.
I destroyed you argument both ways, as I matter of fact I only argued from the point tat the DAY of the Lord did mean ONE DAY, because in this instance it probably does mean THE DAY God's Wrath arrives, but there are very good arguments that the DOTL actually doesn't only mean God's 3.5 years of Wrath, but the Day when the Lord starts TAKING OVER via His Wrath AND the 1000 year reign of Jesus Christ on this earth. Hence the Day that the Lord starts taking over from Satan via His Wrath, which leads into His 1000 year reign. Thus now Peter saying the earth is destroyed vis the Day of the Lord then makes sense if that DOT lasts 1003.5 years. Thus when Saran is released and deceives the Nations God kills them with fire one last time, I think the earth will be burned to a crisp at that time. That is what Peter is referring unto.