22: How is one day like one thousand years for God?

I’ve been looking lately at the truth that God is eternal. I said that God doesn’t experience time as we do. The events that we experienced as our past, or the things that we have not yet experienced, and are our future, are all in the present to God. However, sometimes the authors of the Bible explain this by using time references. Peter wrote that “with the Lord, a thousand years is as one day.” He also turned that around and said “one day is as a thousand years.” Peter’s reference to time doesn’t contradict the truth that God is eternal. He wasn’t teaching that God experiences time at a different pace from us. He was illustrating the truth that God is eternal with the contrast between 1 year and 1000 years.