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Episode 17: Day of the Lord

“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.” | 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3

Synopsis

The day of the Lord is throughout scripture and is one of those phrases that constantly occurs with similar phrases that depict other events in the prophetic narrative, which makes it very useful in piecing together events. Like organizing the pieces of a puzzle with similar colors and shapes, the events surrounding the day of the Lord are highlighted and even organized in sequence to better understand this time in the future.

Overwhelmingly, the day of the Lord is associated with the events of the wrath of God. In some cases these point to historical periods, but even then there can be already but not yet elements found. There is a distinct clarity that the heavens and earth will be shaken when the day of the Lord comes suddenly like a thief in the night. As the days of Noah and Lot, the world will be oblivious to what is coming until it has arrived and the events surrounding this time will make great use of all the luxury bunkers that have been built to hide in the rocks and caves for fear of the wrath of God.

As covered in Harpazo: The Blessed Hope, those who are in relationship with Christ and are watching, praying, and keeping and sharing the faith will not be in darkness about this coming time and so will not be caught off guard. In fact, while the day of the Lord is tied to darkness and destruction from the wrath of God, another similar phrase saying effectively the same thing, the day of Christ, is depicted quite the opposite. So while the return of Yeshua in the clouds initiates the day of the Lord and the wrath of God, His return for those waiting for Him marks the finish line of the race we are running, the promised redemption and the blessed hope. For God has not appointed us to wrath, but salvation that we may live with Him.

Scripture also speaks of this day of the Lord in terms of God’s reckoning of time, and so this “day” is to the Lord as 1,000 years to us. This brings in a fascinating perspective paralleling the six days of creation and the seventh day of rest just as the Messianic Kingdom will last for 1,000 years with Yeshua ruling from Jerusalem and the world will be at rest with the Dragon locked away so as not to deceive the earth during this time. Likewise it is within the day of the Lord that the heavens and earth are burned with a fervent heat to make way for the new heaven and new earth.

So it seems there is a lot more nuance to this term that would seem to start suddenly with the destruction of the wrath of God, yet extend through the entirety of Yeshua’s reign until the great white throne judgement after which the new heavens and new earth are created in perfection for our eternal existence with God as was originally intended.

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While I’m working on this series, you can read through some of the BIble studies this is based on here:

• Day of the Lord

Associated Studies

• Series Overview

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