The Day of the Lord

I slept little because I have a considerable amount of writing to do for clients today, hence my late night post.

Unfortunately, many remain in ignorance concerning the eventual coming Day of the Lord. This should not be so, because for the few chosen it will be glorious, and yet for the majority of humanity, it will be a time of eternal separation from God and an immense, eternal suffering.

A disclaimer of sorts

Some scholars disagree, however. Some actually believe that the Day of the Lord will be longer, more than s single day, an actual period of time when the Lord Jesus Christ will reign throughout the entire world before He completely cleanses heaven and earth in preparation for the eternal state of all humanity.

Still other scholars believe the Day of the Lord will be an instant event when Jesus Christ returns to earth to redeem His faithful believers and to send unbelievers to their deserved eternal damnation.

When is it?

We do not know. What we can know is that “the day of the Lord” will come quickly, like a thief in the night (Zephaniah 1:14-15; 2 Thessalonians 2:2), and thus Christians of a necessity must be ever watchful and ever ready for the coming of Jesus Christ at any given moment. What will you be doing when He comes? Think about it.

Jesus had this to say about the thief in the night:

"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him" (Matthew 24:42-44, NIV).

Therefore, since Jesus has not come again (as some foolish scholars believe), we can know that "that day" is yet future, and yet certain.

Don't panic...yet

One of my pastor friends is telling his congregation that Jesus may come any day now because of the world's political turmoil. While that is partially true, none are quitting their jobs or selling their possessions. Besides, we cannot and must not base the coming of Christ based on media stories and world events.

Personally, I would not advise anybody do that! You'd not only have no place to live but would likely starve!

A little known fact

Because the Jews by and large rejected Jesus (the Synagogue of Satan), we Gentiles were grafted into the fig tree (Israel). Therefore, all Christians are considered God's remnant Israel!

In fact, the entire body of Christian believers are the spiritual Israel.

We read: "And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise" (Galatians 3:29, ESV).

Glory be to God and His promises to Abraham and to all who truly believe!

The Sixth seal of Revelation

The opening of Revelation's prophetic sixth seal will set off a series of supernatural events that will warn all of humanity that the Day of the Lord will soon begin (Revelation 6:17). Earthquakes will occur in various places as all the planet's continental plates shift with an utter violence never before recorded in history.

Furthermore, the sun will darken and the moon itself will appear to appear as blood. Even the stars we commonly observe at night will disappear from the night sky (Joel 2:31, Matthew 24:29, Acts 2:20, Revelation 6:12-14).

But know this

The real action begins on the prophetic Day of the Lord when the seventh seal is opened in heaven (Revelation 8:1).

Therefore, we should be watchful, faithful, obedient to the Lord's commands as faithful disciples. Why is that, you ask?

Jesus tells us quite plainly!

"Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!" (Mathew 7:21-23, NIV).

Be careful

The verses above differentiate from true and false disciples. Which one are you? Let the reader consider this carefully lest s/he be caught unawares. The Day of the Lord is coming, and while we do not know when, wasting our lives away on self and pleasures of this world are sure signs of an unfaithful one who professes to be a believer in Christ Jesus.