"The DAY of the LORD": What is it?

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"The DAY of the LORD": What is it?

2 Peter 3: 9-10 (ALL NASB)
The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness,
but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.(salvation)
But "the day of the Lord" will (is certain to) come like a thief,
and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise,
and the elements will be dissolved with fire,
and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.

judgment?
TRIBULATION? - Isaiah 2: 12-19
SECOND COMING? - Joel 2:28-32
MILLENIUM? - Isaiah 4:2,12; 19:23-25; Jeremiah 30:7-9

Isaiah 13:6-13 ...PAST PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
Wail, for "the day of the LORD" is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 13:9
See, "the day of the LORD" is coming —a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—
to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.
Isaiah 13:13
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;
and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.

Ezekiel 30:3
For the day is near, "the day of the LORD" is near— a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

Joel 1:15 ....FOR ISRAEL + see: Zephaniah 1: 14-18
Alas for that day! For :"the day of the LORD" is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 2:1
Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill.
Let all who live in the land tremble, for "the day of the LORD" is coming. It is close at hand

SECOND COMING? - Joel 2:28-32
Joel 2:28
[ The Day of the LORD ]
"And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Joel 2:31
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

Zephaniah 1:7
Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for "the day of the LORD" is near.
The LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.

Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for me," declares the LORD, "for the day I will stand up to testify.
I have decided to assemble the NATIONS , to gather the kingdoms and to pour out my wrath on them— all my fierce anger. The whole world will be consumed by the fire of my jealous anger.

NEW HEAVENS + EARTH??
Zechariah 14:7
It will be a unique day, without daytime or nighttime—a day known to the LORD. When evening comes, there will be light.

Zechariah 14:9
The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.

Malachi 4:1
[ The Day of the LORD ] "Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace.
All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty.
"Not a root or a branch will be left to them.

Malachi 4:3
Then you will trample down the wicked;
they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things," says the LORD Almighty.

Matthew 24:42
"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. (SECOND COMNG?)

Acts 2:20
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
Acts 2:19-21 (SECOND COMNG?)

1 Corinthians 1:8
He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on "the day of our Lord Jesus Christ". (SECOND COMNG?)

1 Thessalonians 5:2
for you know very well that "the day of the Lord" will come like a thief in the night.(SECOND COMING?)

Revelation 18:8
Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

QUESTION:
1. COINCIDENCE? read only in context?
 
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Personally I think "Day of the Lord" is often tied to His judgment (destruction of Jerusalem--His "visitation") AND His second coming.


Sam Frost said:
First, Paul plainly expected many ages and “generations” to come: “to Him is the glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus, to all the generations of the age of the ages. Amen” (Eph. 3:21). Does this sound like a man that expected his generation to be the final generation? Hardly.

Secondly, the visions found in the Prophets concerning the massive expansion of the Gospel—not in just hearing it, but being converted by it—could have hardly been fulfilled within thirty or so short years. Paul had dreamed of reaching Spain, but never did, and Rome was spread throughout upper Gaul, reaching all the way to modern Britain, to the upper regions of Africa. These areas were not reached by the Gospel within a generation. Not to mention the fact that they knew of the Orient nations to the east, including China.2

So, what are we to do with the language of Paul in our text? The great Charles Hodge, in his still often referenced Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans (1886), noted that in his day there were “three leading interpretations.”3 The first is put forth by “Hammond” and “Whitby.” That is, Henry Hammond, and his famous Paraphrase and Annotations of All the Books of the New Testament. He took this to mean the persecuting powers of the Jews would be broken, expecting that what Paul is talking about here in his time was in reference to A.D. 70. Daniel Whitby took the same view. However, neither of these men understood Paul as referring to what Wright called the “final end.”

Hodge dismisses this view, as does Wright, but in doing so they both make interesting remarks that reminded me of what I wrote in Why I Left Full Preterism.4 Hodge, remarkably, wrote, “We are not to understand the expressions, day of the Lord, the appearing of Christ, the coming of the Son of man, in all cases in the same way.”5 And, then he quotes a long list of verses concerning the “days” and “comings” of the Lord from the Hebrew Bible. Wright even notes that “salvation can refer to saving events during the present course of history,”6 as it so often does, again, in the Hebrew Bible. How many times was Israel “delivered,” “saved,” “redeemed,” and the like? Read your Hebrew Bible.

Note the word “times” (plural) in my question. Paul is speaking of a specific kairos (“time”). He is not speaking of all times. He is not speaking of all the times and seasons the Father has set for the future (see Acts 1:7, where kairos is used in the plural along with chronos, also in the plural). Again, Paul wrote, “Brothers, but of the times (chronon – plural genitive) and seasons (kairon – plural genitive) you have no need to be written.” Why? Because “the day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night.” Just one of the many comes like thief, or do they all come like a thief to those who cry “peace, peace”? These verses, taken from 1 Thessalonians 5:1 ff. also contain an allusion to Jeremiah 6:14 where the Prophet states, “They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace” (ESV). This is set in the context of impending judgment upon Judah.~The day of the Lord and Romans 13:11–14 The American Vision
 
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He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on "the day of our Lord Jesus Christ".

COOL! >>>>>> "BLAMELESS"
(yes, a tangent; but THANKS ! )
(see blameless ekklesia throughout NT, and OT too)
 
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"The DAY of the LORD": What is it?

2 Peter 3: 9-10 (ALL NASB)
The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness,
but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.(salvation)
But "the day of the Lord" will (is certain to) come like a thief,
and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise,
and the elements will be dissolved with fire,
and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.

judgment?
TRIBULATION? - Isaiah 2: 12-19
SECOND COMING? - Joel 2:28-32
MILLENIUM? - Isaiah 4:2,12; 19:23-25; Jeremiah 30:7-9

Isaiah 13:6-13 ...PAST PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
Wail, for "the day of the LORD" is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 13:9
See, "the day of the LORD" is coming —a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—
to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.
Isaiah 13:13
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;
and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.

Ezekiel 30:3
For the day is near, "the day of the LORD" is near— a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

Joel 1:15 ....FOR ISRAEL + see: Zephaniah 1: 14-18
Alas for that day! For :"the day of the LORD" is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 2:1
Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill.
Let all who live in the land tremble, for "the day of the LORD" is coming. It is close at hand

SECOND COMING? - Joel 2:28-32
Joel 2:28
[ The Day of the LORD ]
"And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Joel 2:31
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

Zephaniah 1:7
Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for "the day of the LORD" is near.
The LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.

Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for me," declares the LORD, "for the day I will stand up to testify.
I have decided to assemble the NATIONS , to gather the kingdoms and to pour out my wrath on them— all my fierce anger. The whole world will be consumed by the fire of my jealous anger.

NEW HEAVENS + EARTH??
Zechariah 14:7
It will be a unique day, without daytime or nighttime—a day known to the LORD. When evening comes, there will be light.

Zechariah 14:9
The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.

Malachi 4:1
[ The Day of the LORD ] "Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace.
All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty.
"Not a root or a branch will be left to them.

Malachi 4:3
Then you will trample down the wicked;
they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things," says the LORD Almighty.

Matthew 24:42
"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. (SECOND COMNG?)

Acts 2:20
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
Acts 2:19-21 (SECOND COMNG?)

1 Corinthians 1:8
He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on "the day of our Lord Jesus Christ". (SECOND COMNG?)

1 Thessalonians 5:2
for you know very well that "the day of the Lord" will come like a thief in the night.(SECOND COMING?)

Revelation 18:8
Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

QUESTION:
1. COINCIDENCE? read only in context?
A period of time when the events of Jesus return to earth come to pass - so it is not just 24 day
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1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

1Th 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
1Th 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.


Rev 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.


Rev 11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

The 7th trumpet is the last trumpet in the Bible. It is the time when the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of God and Christ "forever". How long is "forever"?

Right after or concurrently we have "the time of the judgment of the dead", with reward for some and destruction for others.


1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1Co 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.



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"The DAY of the LORD": What is it?

2 Peter 3: 9-10 (ALL NASB)
The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness,
but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.(salvation)
But "the day of the Lord" will (is certain to) come like a thief,
and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise,
and the elements will be dissolved with fire,
and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.

judgment?
TRIBULATION? - Isaiah 2: 12-19
SECOND COMING? - Joel 2:28-32
MILLENIUM? - Isaiah 4:2,12; 19:23-25; Jeremiah 30:7-9

Isaiah 13:6-13 ...PAST PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
Wail, for "the day of the LORD" is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 13:9
See, "the day of the LORD" is coming —a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—
to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.
Isaiah 13:13
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;
and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.

Ezekiel 30:3
For the day is near, "the day of the LORD" is near— a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

Joel 1:15 ....FOR ISRAEL + see: Zephaniah 1: 14-18
Alas for that day! For :"the day of the LORD" is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 2:1
Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill.
Let all who live in the land tremble, for "the day of the LORD" is coming. It is close at hand

SECOND COMING? - Joel 2:28-32
Joel 2:28
[ The Day of the LORD ]
"And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Joel 2:31
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

Zephaniah 1:7
Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for "the day of the LORD" is near.
The LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.

Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for me," declares the LORD, "for the day I will stand up to testify.
I have decided to assemble the NATIONS , to gather the kingdoms and to pour out my wrath on them— all my fierce anger. The whole world will be consumed by the fire of my jealous anger.

NEW HEAVENS + EARTH??
Zechariah 14:7
It will be a unique day, without daytime or nighttime—a day known to the LORD. When evening comes, there will be light.

Zechariah 14:9
The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.

Malachi 4:1
[ The Day of the LORD ] "Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace.
All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty.
"Not a root or a branch will be left to them.

Malachi 4:3
Then you will trample down the wicked;
they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things," says the LORD Almighty.

Matthew 24:42
"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. (SECOND COMNG?)

Acts 2:20
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
Acts 2:19-21 (SECOND COMNG?)

1 Corinthians 1:8
He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on "the day of our Lord Jesus Christ". (SECOND COMNG?)

1 Thessalonians 5:2
for you know very well that "the day of the Lord" will come like a thief in the night.(SECOND COMING?)

Revelation 18:8
Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

QUESTION:
1. COINCIDENCE? read only in context?
The Day of the Lord, is when God's Kingdom is set up here on earth and has dominion over all human kingdoms - as He has foretold to the prophets. It is the mystery of God.

Revelation 10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
 
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There are and have been several Day of the Lord events.
You need to be more specific. Was it the Day Jesus was born? Crucified or Ascended?
The Day God sent a flood to destroy the antediluvian civilization, is another.

However, we are informed by the Bible prophets, that there will be another great and terrible Day of the Lord, when He will once again reset our civilization. It will be the Sixth Seal worldwide disaster, that will change the world and set the scene for a One World Government. Revelation 6:12-17
About 20 years later, Jesus will Return on the great Day of Almighty God. Revelation 16:14
We Christians should know all about the soon to happen Day of the Lord's vengeance and wrath. It is graphically described in over 100 prophesies, as a literal Day of fire from the sun, earthquakes, storms and tsunamis.
It will be the Day of trial and testing of our faith, 1 Peter 4:12, and we must stand strong in it. We are told to 'call upon His Name and we will be saved'. Joel 2:32, Acts 2:21
 
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2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2Pe 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
2Pe 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
2Pe 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Peter was looking for this earth to be burned up and for the New Heavens and the New Earth to appear on "the Day of the Lord", when He "comes as a thief".
This connects the event to 1 Thessalonians 5:1-2, and Revelation 16:15-16.


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People who believe that most, if not all, the prophesies of the Old Testament have been fulfilled in the past or just ignore them, are those who prefer to not face the reality of a forthcoming, worldwide devastation by the Lord.

The prophesies of this judgement/punishment onto the enemies of God, are very well described throughout the O.T. and are confirmed by the New Testament. In over 100 scripture passages, this terrifying event is vividly described as a devastating fire sent by God from the sun, that will literally fulfil all that is predicted about it.

Some of the prophesies speak in an allegorical way about this event, Joel 2:1-11 is an example. But most say what will happen, in an unambiguous way, for example:

Ezekiel 7:17… people will wet their pants in fright as they see what is coming.

Isaiah 24:1 Be warned, the Lord is about to strip the earth and scatter its inhabitants.

Zephaniah 3:8 On the Day I accuse the whole earth, it will be enveloped by My burning anger. I will pour out My wrath upon the nations.

2 Peter 3:7 …the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, for the Day of Judgement and the destruction of the ungodly.

Psalms 50:3 Our God is coming, with His consuming fire and raging storm…

Nothing like that has happened to the world as yet, but what is so clearly described could and will happen; if we are to believe the Bible. Secular scientists are aware of this possibility of a massive explosion of the suns surface, a Coronal mass Ejection, in fact: they say there is a high probability of such an event and it could occur at any time.

It is a mistake to think these prophesies and all the others that tell of this event, are past history, or abrogated by Jesus. Remember He is prophesied to come: ‘like a lightning flash, seen from East to West… Mathew 24:27-28 and ‘with His winnowing fork in His hand …to burn the chaff on a fire….Matthew 3:12

Then: where the vultures gather, there will be the carcasses. Vultures: the attackers of Israel. Carcasses: Those killed on that Day. Ezekiel 30:1-5, Psalms 97:3-5, Jeramiah 9:22, Isaiah 6:11-13, +

This dramatic event is the yet to happen, Sixth Seal worldwide disaster. Not the Return of Jesus in glory for His Millennium reign, that will be about 20 years later.
 
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The "Man of Lawlessness" appears BEFORE the Rapture
2 Thessalonians 2

Possible Time Line BUILT on >>>> Matthew 24:

1. Begin the birth of the "Church Age" of Grace...Pentecost...Acts 1 + 2

2. Jesus promises to be with us in Spirit until the "end of the age" Matthew 28 end

...ascends/descends from the Mount of Olives...Matt 20:20; Zechariah 14:4; Acts 1:11

3. Pre-Tribulation "Birth Pangs"...NOW!...Matthew 24: 4-8

4. Begin TRIBULATION...first 3.5 years of Daniel's 7 years (Chapters 11-12)

...rise of the anti-christ + REBUILD the TEMPLE! = his appearance in that TEMPLE...Matthew 24:9-20,22

...WHEN "TRIBULATION" begins? TIME Unknown!...Only the FATHER! 24:36

5. Rapture and Second Coming...finally to a throne in Jerusalem as King of Kings . Revelation 20:6; 1 Thess. 4; 1 Corinthians 15:52

6. Begin GREAT TRIBULATION...Last 3.5 years of Daniel's 7 years...leading up to Armageddon...Matthew 24:21-27

7. Begin the Millenium Reign...Satan Bound...Revelation 20:4...Jesus wins!

8. Planet Earth and unsaved inhabitants destroyed by fire. "the Day of the LORD" - 2 Peter 3

9. New Heavens + New Earth + New Jerusalem = eternal spiritual realm...Revelation 21
 
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"The DAY of the LORD": What is it?

2 Peter 3: 9-10 (ALL NASB)
The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness,
but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.(salvation)
But "the day of the Lord" will (is certain to) come like a thief,
and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise,
and the elements will be dissolved with fire,
and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.

judgment?
TRIBULATION? - Isaiah 2: 12-19
SECOND COMING? - Joel 2:28-32
MILLENIUM? - Isaiah 4:2,12; 19:23-25; Jeremiah 30:7-9

Isaiah 13:6-13 ...PAST PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
Wail, for "the day of the LORD" is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 13:9
See, "the day of the LORD" is coming —a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—
to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.
Isaiah 13:13
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;
and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.

Ezekiel 30:3
For the day is near, "the day of the LORD" is near— a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

Joel 1:15 ....FOR ISRAEL + see: Zephaniah 1: 14-18
Alas for that day! For :"the day of the LORD" is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 2:1
Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill.
Let all who live in the land tremble, for "the day of the LORD" is coming. It is close at hand

SECOND COMING? - Joel 2:28-32
Joel 2:28
[ The Day of the LORD ]
"And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Joel 2:31
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

Zephaniah 1:7
Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for "the day of the LORD" is near.
The LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.

Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for me," declares the LORD, "for the day I will stand up to testify.
I have decided to assemble the NATIONS , to gather the kingdoms and to pour out my wrath on them— all my fierce anger. The whole world will be consumed by the fire of my jealous anger.

NEW HEAVENS + EARTH??
Zechariah 14:7
It will be a unique day, without daytime or nighttime—a day known to the LORD. When evening comes, there will be light.

Zechariah 14:9
The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.

Malachi 4:1
[ The Day of the LORD ] "Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace.
All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty.
"Not a root or a branch will be left to them.

Malachi 4:3
Then you will trample down the wicked;
they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things," says the LORD Almighty.

Matthew 24:42
"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. (SECOND COMNG?)

Acts 2:20
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
Acts 2:19-21 (SECOND COMNG?)

1 Corinthians 1:8
He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on "the day of our Lord Jesus Christ". (SECOND COMNG?)

1 Thessalonians 5:2
for you know very well that "the day of the Lord" will come like a thief in the night.(SECOND COMING?)

Revelation 18:8
Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

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1. COINCIDENCE? read only in context?
The Day of the Lord begins with the First Seal and ends with the 7th Vial. It lasts exactly 3.5 years. Elijah turns Israel back to God BEFORE the Great ad Dreadful Day of the Lord.
 
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The "Man of Lawlessness" appears BEFORE the Rapture
2 Thessalonians 2
Where exactly does 2 Thess 2 say there will be a rapture to heaven of the church?

The Day of the Lord begins with the First Seal and ends with the 7th Vial. It lasts exactly 3.5 years
The great and terrible Day of the Lord's wrath will happen in one literal day.
Isaiah 9:14, Isaiah 29:5-6, Zechariah 3:9, Revelation 18:8, +
 
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In my view, the Rapture and Second Coming are separate and near simultaneous events.

The Second Coming occurs after the appearance of the anti-christ in Temple.

2 Thessalonians 2 (NASB)...Man of Lawlessness = anti christ
1 Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the (SECOND) coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our GATHERING (Matthew 24) together to Him,
2 that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a (evil) spirit or a message or a letter as if from us,
to the effect that "the day of the Lord" has come.
3 Let no one in any way deceive you,
for it (SECOND coming) will not come unless the "apostasy" (falling away) comes first, AND
"the man of lawlessness" is revealed, "the son of destruction", (THE anti-christ 666)
4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship,
so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
 
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2 Thessalonians 2 (NASB)...Man of Lawlessness = anti christ
3 Let no one in any way deceive you,
for it (SECOND coming) will not come unless the "apostasy" (falling away) comes first, AND
"the man of lawlessness" is revealed, "the son of destruction", (THE anti-christ 666)

You have no scripture that links Pauls Man of Sin with John's 666 Beast of Revelation or John's Antichrist of his 1st and 2nd Epistles.

Nothing in scripture teaches that these 3 distinct entities are the same human individual.
Such is purely man-made speculation.

I realize you probably don't care that scripture teaches no such thing as you are claiming here, But I expect at least some of our readers do.
 
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There are and have been several Day of the Lord events.

Indeed.
Here's A Biblical comparison:

In order to understand the nature of the “Day of Christ”, one must first understand the nature of the various “Day of the Lord” events that preceded it.

Jehovah's comings were always described as personal and visible (see: Isa 19:1-2; Isa 31 all; Deut 33:2, Zech 9:13; etc.). Jesus was to come "in the glory of the Father." Christ's Judgement coming upon 1st century Jerusalem was to be a Day of Yahweh event, which reveals to us the precise nature of that event.

The desolation of Jerusalem by the Babylonians was a past "Day of the Lord." After it happened, the prophet Jeremiah tells us:

Lamentations 1:12
behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

Lamentations 2:1
How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger.

Lamentations 2:21
The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

Lamentations 2:22
Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD'S anger none escaped nor remained

Note also that it was God who did the killing! Did anyone SEE Jehovah kill people? Was the prophet lying? Of course not. This is how the prophets spoke.

Furthermore, Ezekiel had foretold of this same Day of the Lord against Jerusalem which took place in the 500s BC, saying:

Ezekiel 7:19
They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

And again, Ezekiel says of this same past Day of the Lord...

Ezekiel 13:2-5
Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of Jehovah.

The prophet Zephaniah also calls the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians "the Day of the Lord."

Zephaniah 1:1 - 1:7

The word of Yahweh which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah. I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface of the earth, says Yahweh. I will sweep away man and animal. I will sweep away the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and the heaps of rubble with the wicked. I will cut off man from the surface of the earth, says Yahweh. I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests, those who worship the host of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam, those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven't sought Yahweh nor inquired after him. Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.

Folks, there we have the classic "Day of the Lord" in scripture. The prophets speak of Jehovah who comes down and does a whole host of "physical" things. Yet did anyone SEE Yahweh do these things? Was Zephaniah lying? This scripture goes on all the way to the end of Zephaniah chapter two, and be sure to note that the judgments that ensue upon the other surrounding nations are also a past Day of Yahweh event (1:14; 2:2-3).

So, the destruction of Jerusalem in the 500s BC is just one example of MANY past day of the LORD events.

The N.T. teaches that Christ's return in Judgement upon 1st centuiry Israel was to be a "Day of Yahweh" event. This perfectly coincides with AD 67-70, which was the greatest Day of the Lord in history.

Jesus wielded Rome's powers as Jehovah had wielded the powers and kings of Babylon and Persia as his own anointed servants (Jer 25:9; Isa 44:28-45:13). That's how the Day of the Lord judgments work. Rome continued so that the Church would overtake it as the stone of Daniel 2 that became a giant mountain over the whole earth. The pagan Roman Empire was destroyed.

John's own interpretation of Rev 1:7's cloud-coming is found in Rev 14:14-20! No one can deny that the Rev 14:14-20 passage shows a coming in the heavenly realms which brings disasters upon earth--it is not an incarnational event. Rather, this perfectly depicts the way the Father came in O.T. times--in power and great glory. As Jesus promised, he was to come "in the glory of the Father." Furthermore, Jesus said that when his future kingdom came, no one would be able to point to it and say "look here it is, or look there it is" (Luke 17:20-21). Since "the kingdom does not come in an observable fashion" (Luke 17:20-21), and since Christ was to come "in his kingdom" (Mt 16:27-28 ), it follows by logical necessity that Christ's coming was not observable. Rather, it was a "Day of the Lord event (i.e., in the heavenly realms with great disasters and wrath poured out upon nations and people).

The coming of Christ on the clouds that every eye would see (Rev 1:7) is actually shown us in Revelation 14:14-20. There can be no doubt that the Rev 14:14-20 passage makes clear that it is a coming in the heavenlies like unto the many O.T. Jehovah comings (cf. Isa 19:1-2; Deut 33:2; 2 Sam 22:7-16; Zech 9:13-16; Zeph 1:2-5; Isaiah 31, Neh 9:13-15; Hab 3:3-16; etc.). Jehovah came often in O.T. times, yet his presence, which always performed the desolations, was potent and invisible. Jesus had promised that he was to come "in the glory of the Father.

That great and terrible Day of the Lord struck at the headquarters of opposition. Apostate Jerusalem, a.k.a. the great city Mystery Babylon (Rev 14:8/11:8 ), was responsible for the persecution of Christ and the apostles and prophets. They used the power of Rome to persecute the Church worldwide after killing Christ himself. For that, all of the blood shed on the earth from Able unto the time of Christ was to be avenged upon their generation according to Matt 23:31-36. All torah-observant, Christ-rejecting Jews in the Roman Empire were destroyed in Jerusalem in that great wrath of AD 67-70. The judgment came at that time (1 Peter 4:17; cf Jn 12:31), for the end of all things was then at hand (1 Peter 4:7; 2 Tim 4:1)--the end of the age had come.

Furthermore, the vengeance of God in those last days (Heb 1:1-2; James 5:3; Acts 2:15-17) had worldwide impact. A last-days famine hit the whole empire (Acts 11:28 ), God was striking down kings (Acts 12:20-23) as well as the emperor-gods (Nero, Galba, etc), Rome burned, and the world Temple of Jupiter was destroyed in AD 69. That Day of the Lord, the greatest of all those before it, did come upon the whole world as prophesied. Christ's Church emerged victorious and has become the greatest empire known to mankind.
Let me say that if one understands what the Day of the Lord was, and if one is very familiar with the many historic Day-of-the-Lord judgments that transpired in Old Testament times, then one quickly understands that the 66-70 AD coming of Christ in Judgement upon Jerusalem was, by nature, to be a Day of the Lord event just like those in O.T. times.
 
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Possible Time Line BUILT on >>>> Matthew 24:



Compare Luke's Gospel to that of Matthew if you want to understand the timing.


Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple (These subtitles are found in e-Sword.)


Luk 21:5  Then, as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and donations, He said, 

Luk 21:6  "These things which you see—the days will come in which not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down." 

(Mat 24:2  And Jesus said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down." )





Luk 21:7  So they asked Him, saying, "Teacher, but when will these things be? And what sign will there be when these things are about to take place?" 

(Mat 24:3  Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?")

( Mar 13:3  Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked Him privately, 

Mar 13:4  "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign when all these things will be fulfilled?") 





Luk 21:8  And He said: "Take heed that you not be deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time has drawn near.' Therefore do not go after them. 

(Mat 24:5  For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. )



Luk 21:9  But when you hear of wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately."

(Mat 24:6  And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.) 



Jesus Foretells Wars and Persecution



Luk 21:10  Then He said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 

(Mat 24:7  For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. )



Luk 21:11  And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven. 

(Mat 24:7  For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. )



Luk 21:12  But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name's sake. 

(Mat 24:9  "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake.) (Read Acts 22:19-20, where Paul reveals that he fulfilled this text.)



Luk 21:13  But it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony. 

Luk 21:14  Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer; 

Luk 21:15  for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist. 

Luk 21:16  You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. 

Luk 21:17  And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. 

(Mat 24:10  And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. )



Luk 21:18  But not a hair of your head shall be lost. 

Luk 21:19  By your patience possess your souls. 

(Mat 24:13  But he who endures to the end shall be saved.) 



Jesus Foretells Destruction of Jerusalem



Luk 21:20  "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. (See also Luke 19:41-44)

(Mat 24:15  "Therefore when you see the 'ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand), 



Luk 21:21  Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those who are in the midst of her depart, and let not those who are in the country enter her. 

(Mat 24:16  "then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.) 



Luk 21:22  For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 

Luk 21:23  But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people. 

(Mat 24:19  But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ) (See Luke 23:27-31 where Jesus warned the women weeping for Him.)



Luk 21:24  And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. 
(Almost all Bible scholars agree that the first part of the verse above is about 70 AD. At the end of the verse we find a period of time known as “the times of the Gentiles”. In the verses that follow we find the future Second Coming of Christ.)


The Coming of the Son of Man



Luk 21:25  "And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; 

(Mat 24:29  "Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.) 



Luk 21:26  men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 

Luk 21:27  Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 

(Mat 24:30  Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.) 



Luk 21:28  Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near." 

(Mat 24:33  So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!)

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From "Antiquities of the Jews" by Josephus, Book 12, chapter 7

"6. When therefore the generals of Antiochus's armies had been beaten so often, Judas assembled the people together, and told them, that after these many victories which God had given them, they ought to go up to Jerusalem, and purify the temple, and offer the appointed sacrifices. But as soon as he, with the whole multitude, was come to Jerusalem, and found the temple deserted, and its gates burnt down, and plants growing in the temple of their own accord, on account of its desertion, he and those that were with him began to lament, and were quite confounded at the sight of the temple; so he chose out some of his soldiers, and gave them order to fight against those guards that were in the citadel, until he should have purified the temple. When therefore he had carefully purged it, and had brought in new vessels, the candlestick, the table [of shew-bread], and the altar [of incense], which were made of gold, he hung up the veils at the gates, and added doors to them. He also took down the altar [of burnt-offering], and built a new one of stones that he gathered together, and not of such as were hewn with iron tools. So on the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu, which the Macedonians call Apeliens, they lighted the lamps that were on the candlestick, and offered incense upon the altar [of incense], and laid the loaves upon the table [of shew-bread], and offered burnt-offerings upon the new altar [of burnt-offering]. Now it so fell out, that these things were done on the very same day on which their Divine worship had fallen off, and was reduced to a profane and common use, after three years' time; for so it was, that the temple was made desolate by Antiochus, and so continued for three years. This desolation happened to the temple in the hundred forty and fifth year, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Apeliens, and on the hundred fifty and third olympiad: but it was dedicated anew, on the same day, the twenty-fifth of the month Apeliens, on the hundred and forty-eighth year, and on the hundred and fifty-fourth olympiad. And this desolation came to pass according to the prophecy of Daniel, which was given four hundred and eight years before; for he declared that the Macedonians would dissolve that worship [for some time].

7. Now Judas celebrated the festival of the restoration of the sacrifices of the temple for eight days, and omitted no sort of pleasures thereon; but he feasted them upon very rich and splendid sacrifices; and he honored God, and delighted them by hymns and psalms. Nay, they were so very glad at the revival of their customs, when, after a long time of intermission, they unexpectedly had regained the freedom of their worship, that they made it a law for their posterity, that they should keep a festival, on account of the restoration of their temple worship, for eight days. And from that time to this we celebrate this festival, and call it Lights. I suppose the reason was, because this liberty beyond our hopes appeared to us; and that thence was the name given to that festival. Judas also rebuilt the walls round about the city, and reared towers of great height against the incursions of enemies, and set guards therein. He also fortified the city Bethsura, that it might serve as a citadel against any distresses that might come from our enemies. "


Josephus confirms above the understanding of the Jews of his time, who knew that Daniel had predicted the events of 167 BC, by Antiochus Epiphanes.
Josephus confirms it as a historical fact.


John 10:22 is a reference to the celebration of Hanukkah each year by the Jews of Jesus time.


The Book of Matthew was addressed mainly to a Jewish audience. Jesus was telling the Jews of His time that something similar to 167 BC would happen during 70 AD. Not only did Antiochus desecrate the temple, but he also attacked the city killing thousands of Jews and stopped the temple sacrifices. The temple sacrifices would also stop in 70 AD, due to the destruction of the temple. Based on John 10:22, the Jews were well aware of this historical fulfillment of Daniel’s prophecy. Luke’s Gospel was written to more of a Gentile audience, so he spelled it out for them.


Matthew 24:15-16 and Luke 21:20-21 are clearly parallel accounts, because we have the exact same warning to flee from Judea to the mountains in the second verse of each Gospel.


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THE anti-christ:

Daniel 11:31
Forces from him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination of desolation.

Daniel 12:11
From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.

Matthew 24:15
“Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Man of Lawlessness / Son of Destruction

Beast = Man named 666

1 John 2:18
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that (THE) antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.

1 John 2:22
Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

1 John 4:3
and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.

2 John 1:7
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

These seem to be the same dude to me. Why not?
 
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The anti-christ

1 John 2:18
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that (THE) antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.

Well...

Who is the Antichrist? Who is the man of sin? A great many people think that the prophecy of Antichrist details the future coming of Satan incarnate, or of a single individual that will be ruled or indwelt by Him. Others believe that Antichrist will be a world ruler, a leader that will be able to deceive by his amiable style or cunning politics. Still, others speculate that the Bible does not specifically say who the Antichrist is or where he will come from, just that he will be revealed. None of these ideas are true. The prophecy of Antichrist is quite possibly the most misunderstood prophecy in all of Christendom.

And this is no doubt exacerbated by Premillennialism (one of the dominant doctrines in modern churches) confusing the issue with private interpretations of chapters like Daniel 7-9 (the prophecy of the little horn), and 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 (the man of sin). Typically and indeed inexplicably, these Theologians tend to either totally ignore or place very little emphasis on both the actual word, and the very passages in scripture where it is found.

Though there are many scriptures that speak about the action of Antichrist, there are only four verses in the entire Bible that expressly use the word 'antichrist.' These are 1st John 2:18, 1st John 2:22, 1st John 4:3, and 2nd John 1:7. Due to time and space, let us look at few verses for now:

1st John 2:18
  • "Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time."
Notice here how John clearly debunks the theory of antichrist being 'one man.' He says as they have heard that antichrist should come in the future (Jesus Himself preached of false Christs coming in Matthew 24), even then as he wrote this there were already many antichrists. It's important to see that John didn't deny the doctrine that antichrist would come to prominence in the future, rather, he simply told them that even in their time there were indeed many of these antichrists.

For example, antichrist is not a single man as some Christians have presupposed. When we let scriptures define antichrist we see that he has a very different meaning than some theologians of our day. The truth is, he is exactly what the name implies. Anyone who comes as [anti] opposed to, or as a false or substitute for Christ is the antichrist. God already has a name for those who are outside the Church and are opposed to Him. They are [apistos] translated as infidels or unbelievers. The anti or substitute Christs are something else entirely. They profess that they are the Church but deny Christ in their works. The terms 'false Christs and 'antichrists' are basically synonymous, because they illustrate the same spirit of the substitute Christ.

In 1st John 2:18, we read that they had heard that antichrist would come (future), but that there were even then many antichrists already present. Scripture here has defined the antichrist as that which is coming, and indeed many were already present. So again we see scripture confirms that antichrist is Satan manifesting himself in the disobedient. This spirit is seen as character traits of one whose life is in league with Satan, just as the true Christians has the Spirit of God which manifests itself in our life as character traits of our being in league with Christ. Two spirits, one of Christ and the other of antichrist! Antichrist cannot be a single man, nor a supernatural evil man. Satan is that spirit that is both coming (as this spirit will be loosed in the future), and that which was already at work in the world at the time of John's writing. This is information God has given to illuminate these passages that we can glean from them just who antichrist represents. Only the spirit Satan working within men 'qualifies' to both be in the world then, now, and in the future. The spirit of Satan was there working in men, and as they had heard, this spirit would come with all iniquity abounding in the future (iniquity was restrained at the cross - 2nd Thessalonians 2:7). The well-oiled myth of a single antichrist man is found wanting when examined in the light of the 'whole' of scripture. Antichrist works (and has worked) throughout time within men whom he uses to do his bidding. For He is that spirit of Satan.

John didn't define these antichrists as many do today, he introduces them as professed Christians who had been among them, but who went their own way because they no longer believed as these faithful did. The very next verse shows that conclusively.

1st John 2:19
  • "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us."
Obviously, these antichrists were professing Christians or false apostles, but they no longer could hold to the doctrines they had first received. We see the same type thing happen in our day where some in the Churches don't like the doctrines and so go out from among us to form another Church or replace the Truth with their own doctrine. The 'context' of this chapter shows that these weren't those who denied Christ verbally, but those who denied him doctrinally and attempted to seduce the faithful. They were not antichrists because they denied the historical existence of Jesus (as many define antichrists). They were antichrists because they began teaching a false Christ, or another gospel other than that of Christ. Just like Joel Osteen with his "Best Life Now" Gospel as an example. This is a picture of false apostles who wanted a Christ after their own image, and to teach their own versions of Christ, and so went out from among the faithful. They went out, that it might be made manifest that they were never 'truly' of the Spirit of Christ in the first place. They were always antichrists.

Some theologians have stated that this fact that there were many antichrists doesn't preclude the belief that there can be a single antichrist individual come in the future. However, this is both inconsistent and unbiblical. A man's spirit cannot be in the world for 2000 years before his body is conceived. Satan is the only spirit who 'qualifies' to be here that long, and he has never needed one body. He has an army of bodies down throughout time at his disposal. There is no Biblical warrant for applying such a 'forced' interpretation as 'one incarnate Satan man.

God's Word never defines antichrist as a single man, but as the spirit Satan. And man (men) with this spirit, are many antichrists. Just as Jesus called the Scribes and Pharisees a serpent and a generation of vipers to illustrate they were of their father the Devil, and possessed the spirit of Satan (Matt23:33)! Selah! Likewise, those who are of this spirit antichrist, are antichrists. Antichrist can be singular only in that ultimately he is that spirit of Satan. If we are going to define antichrist as a single 'man' that is yet to come, we will have to ignore all the scriptures which actually speak of antichrist. For example, ignore the context and content of scripture and apply our own 'private interpretation.' But when we allow God to define His own Word, we find nothing in scripture which makes the 'single man' declaration. The coming antichrist is actually the loosing of the spirit of Satan with all lying signs and wonders (2nd Thess 2:7-10) which works within unregenerate men, especially in the church where they wants to sit (rule). There were many antichrists or many men with the spirit of antichrist even in John's day, and when that spirit of Satan which was bound by Christ's cross is loosed, then will that spirit antichrist come to the full. Iniquity shall abound, and then shall be spirit of Satan with full power in men be revealed! This is the only consistent theological conclusion we can come to and have it be in total agreement with the 'whole' of scripture.
 
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"The DAY of the LORD": What is it?

2 Peter 3: 9-10 (ALL NASB)
The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness,
but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.(salvation)
But "the day of the Lord" will (is certain to) come like a thief,
and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise,
and the elements will be dissolved with fire,
and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.

judgment?
TRIBULATION? - Isaiah 2: 12-19
SECOND COMING? - Joel 2:28-32
MILLENIUM? - Isaiah 4:2,12; 19:23-25; Jeremiah 30:7-9

Isaiah 13:6-13 ...PAST PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
Wail, for "the day of the LORD" is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 13:9
See, "the day of the LORD" is coming —a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—
to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.
Isaiah 13:13
Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;
and the earth will shake from its place at the wrath of the LORD Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.

Ezekiel 30:3
For the day is near, "the day of the LORD" is near— a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

Joel 1:15 ....FOR ISRAEL + see: Zephaniah 1: 14-18
Alas for that day! For :"the day of the LORD" is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

Joel 2:1
Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill.
Let all who live in the land tremble, for "the day of the LORD" is coming. It is close at hand

SECOND COMING? - Joel 2:28-32
Joel 2:28
[ The Day of the LORD ]
"And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

Joel 2:31
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

Zephaniah 1:7
Be silent before the Sovereign LORD, for "the day of the LORD" is near.
The LORD has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated those he has invited.

Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for me," declares the LORD, "for the day I will stand up to testify.
I have decided to assemble the NATIONS , to gather the kingdoms and to pour out my wrath on them— all my fierce anger. The whole world will be consumed by the fire of my jealous anger.

NEW HEAVENS + EARTH??
Zechariah 14:7
It will be a unique day, without daytime or nighttime—a day known to the LORD. When evening comes, there will be light.

Zechariah 14:9
The LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name.

Malachi 4:1
[ The Day of the LORD ] "Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace.
All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says the LORD Almighty.
"Not a root or a branch will be left to them.

Malachi 4:3
Then you will trample down the wicked;
they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I do these things," says the LORD Almighty.

Matthew 24:42
"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. (SECOND COMNG?)

Acts 2:20
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
Acts 2:19-21 (SECOND COMNG?)

1 Corinthians 1:8
He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on "the day of our Lord Jesus Christ". (SECOND COMNG?)

1 Thessalonians 5:2
for you know very well that "the day of the Lord" will come like a thief in the night.(SECOND COMING?)

Revelation 18:8
Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

QUESTION:
1. COINCIDENCE? read only in context?

Just what Peter said in 2 Peter 3 ought to be enough to show the "day of the Lord" is an event to occur on the final day of this present world, burning man's works off the earth by God's consuming fire. Paul showed the same kind of thing at the end of Hebrews 12. That event is going to end this present world time and usher all into Christ's future Millennial reign with His elect.
 
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