April 7, 1979

Some have felt that Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6 establish the year-day principle as needing to be applied to all time prophecies. But a careful examination of these passages shows that the principle is applied only to specific cases and that there is no general statement in these passages suggesting that a universal principle is set forth. In fact, Seventh-day Adventists do not apply the principle consistently to all time prophecies. For example, the length of the millennium is stated in Revelation 20:3, 5, and 7 as being a "thousand years." This is accepted literally. If the year-day principle were applied, the length would be 360,000 or as much as 365,000 years.

Don F. Neufeld, Bible Questions Answered - "This generation shall not pass", Adventist Review, April 5, 1979