Scripture for Today, 6-17-21: Day of the Lord

Understanding "The Day of the Lord"
"You 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. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief."

1 Thessalonians 5:2,4; Zechariah 14:9; Isaiah 13:6; Joel 2:1, 11

6-19-17, Chuck Steele [Excerpted*] --  The phrase “day of the Lord” usually identifies events that take place at the end of history. One key to understanding these phrases is to note that they always identify a span of time during which God personally intervenes in history, directly or indirectly, to accomplish some specific aspect of His plan. To better understand God’s timing regarding certain events which are about to take place the following verses enlighten us:

• Matthew 24:21 Jesus Himself said: “For then shall there be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.”
• Isaiah 7:23, 13:6,9 – "In that day every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. v6 Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. v9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
• Ezekiel 30:3 – For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
• Joel 1:15 – Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
• Amos 5:18 – Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light.
• Obadiah 1:15 – For the day of the Lord is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

There's unmistakable clarity as to who the ‘day of the Lord’ is intended. Its purpose is to ‘destroy sinners’ and it's ‘the time of the heathen.’ The day of the Lord will be accompanied by God's wrath and fierce anger. That leaves out all born again believers who have repented of our sins asking Jesus to be our Lord and Savior. We have been cleansed and have received the gift of eternal life with Him.
 
Since we understand that the Rapture (or the “catching away of the believers”) is what ushers in the terrible ‘day of the Lord,’  it’s time to make our preparations for its coming. If you don't know the Messiah Jesus Christ ... earnestly pray for forgiveness turning your life over to Him. You will be born again. “Jesus said, marvel not that I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3,7

​Revelation 16:15  “Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”
 
Matthew 24:43  But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
 
2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies[a] will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace ​ with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:1
 
Excerpted & adapted full original message here:
www.raptureready.com/2017/06/16/understanding-the-day-of-the-lord
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