The answer
All of time, for God, is as one day. Given that the meaning of the word “day” is “the present,” there is no past or future for God. Both are present before God (2 Pet. 3:8). A thousand years for man is as one day for God, if compared to the eternity that has no end. This means that if the Resurrection of Christ took place two thousand years ago, then it is as if they were two days to the Lord.
So, Christ the Lord did not delay His coming, but He is being patient on humanity, in order to grant it an opportunity for repentance and salvation; “account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation” (2 Pet. 3:15).
In the final chapter of the Book of Revelation, the Master Christ affirms the swiftness of His coming, so that we may not be overcome by trials and tribulations, or lose the certainty of the triumph and the conquering (Rev. 22:7, 12, 20).
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II
Pope Tawadros II, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed (Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 2014), 125.
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