I do not doubt your knowledge of the Greek language, but the scriptures are copies and the earliest copies are 30 years after the original; it is possible "the Lord's day" is edited in.
None the less I take a logical approach. All things be long to God, Sunday also; in the 4th commandment, "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God". I do not believe this implies a special ownership nor do I believe that, "the Sabbath is made for man", implies ownership, instead it implies purpose.
Mark 2:27-28 (NKJV)
27 And He said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.
28 Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath."
So the Sunday keeping Church fathers called their Sunday the "Lord's day", and whether you like it or not "The lord's Day" refers to the Pagan Sunday, why, well from Isiah, "they will where their own garments and use the Lord's name to hide their reproach.
Suppose John said he was in the spirit on the Sabbath and he was not shy on using that word in other writings: The Sabbath would the need to relative to what follows. but it is irrelevant what day it happened. If john said he was in the spirit day of the lord, that would make sense and be relative to what follows; John was taken in the spirit to the time of the end (truly SDA jargon), in the same manner that James was taken in the spirit to the Ethiopian. Revelation is an a count of the time of the end or the Day of the Lord.
Isaiah 13:9 (NKJV)
9 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger, To lay the land desolate; And He will destroy its sinners from it.
Jeremiah 46:10 (NKJV)
10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, A day of vengeance, That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. The sword shall devour; It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood; For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice In the north country by the River Euphrates.
Joel 1:15 (NKJV)
15 Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
Joel 2:1 (NKJV)
1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, For it is at hand:
Joel 2:11 (NKJV)
11 The LORD gives voice before His army, For His camp is very great; For strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; Who can endure it?
Joel 2:31 (NKJV)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.
Zephaniah 1:8 (NKJV)
8 "And it shall be, In the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, That I will punish the princes and the king's children, And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.
Zephaniah 1:18 (NKJV)
18 Neither their silver nor their gold Shall be able to deliver them In the day of the LORD'S wrath; But the whole land shall be devoured By the fire of His jealousy, For He will make speedy riddance Of all those who dwell in the land.
Zephaniah 2:3 (NKJV)
3 Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, Who have upheld His justice. Seek righteousness, seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden In the day of the LORD'S anger.
Malachi 4:4-5 (NKJV)
4 "Remember the Law of Moses, My servant, Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, With the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
Acts 2:20 (NKJV)
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.
1 Thessalonians 5:2 (NKJV)
2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
2 Peter 3:10 (NKJV)
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
Hi sparow,
Nice to hear from you and thanks for your thoughts, while I love the scriptures you have provided on the "Day of the Lord" and also believe them in relation and context to the 2nd coming and God's judgment. Your application to these scriptures as a reference to Revelation 1:10 does not make any sense as your
1. trying to compare Hebrew word's to Greek word's that have a different meaning and
2. your not considering the within scripture and chapter context of your Hebrew words within the OLD TESTAMENT scriptures to the GREEK words used in the NEW TESTAMENT scriptures (Revelation 1:10).
Let's take a quick look at the scriptures you have quoted in both the OLD and NEW TESTAMENT.
All the OLD TESTAMENT scriptures you have quoted earlier from
Isaiah 13:9, Jeremiah 46:10, Joel 1:15, Joel 2:1, Joel 2:11, Joel 2:31, Zephaniah 1:8, Zephaniah 1:18, Zephaniah 2:3, Malachi 4:4-5 use the Hebrew for "Day of the Lord" Hebrew is
יום יהוה
means day of yehôvâh or day of God.
The
CONTEXT of and reference of the day in every one of these OLD TESTAMENT scriptures is in reference to;
yehôvâh's (God's)...
1.
day of anger (Is 13:9; Zeph 2:3)
2.
day of wrath, (Is 13:9; Zeph 1:18)
3.
day of vengence, (Jer 46:10)
4. terrible
day, (Joel 2:11; 31; Mal 4:5)
5. who can abide this
day (Joel 2:11)
6.
day to destroy sinners (Is 13:9; Joel 1:15
7.
day to tremble (Joel 2:1)
8.
day to punish (Zeph 1:8)
So the CONTEXT of the day used here is to the Lord's anger, wrath, vengence, to punish, destroy sinners. It is a terrible day where all will tremble. This is the COTEXT reference to all these scriptures used in reference to the "day"
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Now compare all the above scripture from the HEBREW OLD TESTAMENT we have different GREEK words and context being used. Let's look at the scriptures and GREEK word meanings again. We will then latter compare these to the NEW TESTAMENT scriptures you provided.
Revelation 1:10-20
[10],
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, [
[11], Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.
[12], And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned,
I saw seven golden candlesticks;
[13], And
in the middle of the seven candlesticks one like to the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the breasts with a golden girdle.
[14], His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
[15], And his feet like to fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
[16], And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a
sharp two edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shines in his strength.
[17], And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
[18], I am he that lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for ever more, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
[19], Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
[20], The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which you saw are the seven churches.
Now I could have posted the whole chapter. I wanted to highlight the CONTEXT of v10 which is what? John is taken in VISION to Jesus as our great high priest in the Heavenly Sanctuary. It is NOT the DAY OF THE LORD'S VENGENCE or second coming. Jesus is talking to John in the midst of the seven golden candle sticks in the Heavenly Sanctuary.
Now let's look at the scripture again in v10. John says in v10
"
I was in the Spirit on the "Lord's day" the meaning and scripture CONTEXT is different here to what you have provided in the OLD TESTAMENT HEBREW. The OLD TESTAMENT HEBREW was "day of the Lord" wrath, vengence, to punish, destroy sinners. It is a terrible day where all will tremble.
The GREEK use of the word "Lord's Day" is "
κυριακή ημέρα; day belonging to the Lord. John says he was in the Spirit on the day belonging to the Lord. Where was John in Vision?
[12], And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned,
I saw seven golden candlesticks;
[13], And
in the middle of the seven candlesticks one like to the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the breasts with a golden girdle.
[14], His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
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CONCLUSION: John was in the Spirit on the Lord's day in the Heavenly Sancuary not the day of the Lord's wrath.
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Finally, let's look at the three GREEK NEW TESTAMENT scriptures used which where Acts 2:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:22 and 2 Peter 3:10. All three scriptures use
ημέρα κυρίου "day of the Lord" this is the same in meaning as GREEK "DAY OF THE GOD". The CONTEXT once again in all three scriptures is similar to the OLD TESTAMENT scriptures you quoted. That is it is the day of anger, wrath, vengence, to punish, destroy sinners. It is a terrible day where all will tremble. 2nd Coming.
Now notice the the GREEK word used in Revelation 1:10 is different to
ημέρα κυρίου "day of the Lord". In Revelation 1:10 the GREEK words
κυριακή ημέρα; which mean
"day belonging to the Lord". Within scripture CONTEXT means John was "in the Spirit on the day belonging to the Lord". John was taken in the Spirit on the Lord's day to the Heavenly Sanctuary and spoke with Jesus.
Hope this helps.