So you see the Day of the Lord and the Coming of Jesus as two separate things.
That the Day of the Lord can be in play, but the Lord has not returned, correct?
This is just not a very tenable position. It runs completely counter to the internal logic of what Paul says,
and there is no scriptural basis for this idea. Indeed the contrary.
The day of the Lord [earthly-time-period] ARRIVES to unfold upon the earth prior to the point in time that Jesus Himself returns to the earth; so it involves (all told) "a period-of-time [
not merely 24-hrs] of JUDGMENTs, as well as a period-of-time [
also not merely 24-hrs] of BLESSINGs"...
--its ARRIVAL is LIKE... the INITIAL "birth PANG [singular; 1Th5:
2-3 ; Matt24:
4/Mk13:
5 "G5100 -
tis - 'A CERTAIN ONE' ['a certain one' bringing deception]']"... the initial "birth pang" that COMES UPON a woman... which Jesus referred to in His Olivet Discourse also;
--and LIKE a thief "
IN THE NIGHT"... that is, the
TIME-PERIOD arrives "as a thief
IN THE NIGHT"...
...but wherever the text uses this ^ phrase re: JESUS HIMSELF, it states, "Behold, *I* come
LIKE A THIEF.[period.]" (NO "IN THE NIGHT" words accompany this phrase when speaking of JESUS HIMSELF / JESUS' OWN PERSONAL return / coming to the earth at Rev19. Ex. Rev16:15-16 - Armageddon timing).
I've listed about 3 verses/passages in the past showing how this phrase "IN THE NIGHT" (which is
a fairly rare phrase, in OT passages) connects with what I've said about the 7-yr trib above (and its connections--eg. the man of sin, etc...) and in previous posts; as well as the "NIGHT WATCHES" [/'LAMPS LIT'] issue, which I've made posts on in the past too... (related)... Those things are showing
the time period LEADING UP TO His "return"
to the earth at Rev19 (aka the 7-yr Trib that precedes His RETURN to the earth).
As I've mentioned before, I do see a "CHANGE" in scenery (so to speak) takes place, when Jesus
will "
STAND to JUDGE" Isa3:13, Rev5:6, [2Th2:7b-8a [and 2Th1:7-8] paralleling the wording of Lam2:3-4]... and that Rev1:1 [/4:1 / 1:19c] is saying that those "
future aspects" of the Book are "things which must come to pass IN QUICKNESS [NOUN]"
aka those 7-Trib years leading UP TO Christ's "RETURN"
to the earth at Rev19--IOW, He
at that point (in Rev5:6) is
commencing the [earthly-located] time-period (the DOTL) from His location up IN HEAVEN
by means of His action of opening the FIRST SEAL [parallel BoBPs] (I pointed out how
in 4:3 the description of the "he that sat"
in that verse, is identical to the "
first" and "last" gemstones on the "
breastpiece of judgment" in Ex28), and it is only at the end of those judgments (7-yrs-worth) that He comes down in a final full-sweeping
concluding judgment (and "separation" like in Matt25:31-34), and then the "blessings" aspect will thereafter commence (also not being merely "a singular 24-hr day"), aka the MK age / "the age [singular] to come"]
1 Thessalonians 5:2
for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
So it's really hard for me to see what clarity you are imparting here.
