And the day of the Lord is still future... Written about by just about all the Apostles and Prophets, the foundation of the church.
All are in agreement that the Day of the Lord was future to the apostles and prophets. But all the NT writers told their audiences that it was about to be, or that it was near, shortly or soon.
John was in the Spirit which means in God's timeframe, not our carnal one. And a thousand years to Him are as one day. So it's been a couple days now..
John being in the spirit meant that he was shown a vision, not that the imminent language was meaningless to his fellow servants. The vision was written by John to God's servants regarding things "
which must shortly take place" (Rev. 1:1). He also wrote, "
the time is near" (Rev. 1:3) : God told John to: "Write the things that thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that
are about to come after these things" (Rev. 1:19 YLT).
As we see that Day approaching.
Here's the verse:
"not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more
as you see the Day approaching" (Heb. 10:25).
The book of Hebrews was written to first century Israel. They were told they were living in the last days:
"God, who at various times and in various ways
spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in
these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds" (Heb. 1:1-2).
The evidence seems to show that the NT was written to a specific people telling them they were living in the last days and the Day of the Lord was near.
They were told to wait eagerly for that day:
"so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many.
To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation" (Heb. 9:28).
Though many have inserted themselves into Scripture, it was written to specific, usually identified, living breathing people. It was relevant to them in the midst of their circumstances. They were given specific promises. Were the writers words reliable? Did they receive their promises within the timeframe given? If not, there is a huge problem!
