Re: The day of the Lord judgement
the time period of God’s wrath is called the day of the Lord
Isaiah 13:6, 9; Joel 1:15; Zephaniah 1:18.
8For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompences
for the controversy of Zion.
2To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance
of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
4For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
6Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come
as a destruction from the Almighty.
15Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and
as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
18Neither 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 shall make even
a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
over 30 prophecies in the Old and New Testaments, the period of Christ’s
supernatural intervention and wrath at mankind’s sins is called the Day of the Lord!
-this prophetic “day” of the Lord’s wrath that lasts [A year ]
Isaiah 34:8; 61:2; 63:4. -a prophetic day often represent a year.
Numbers 14:34.
34After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days,
each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
-a year-long punishment that culminates with the return of Christ.
The Trumpets Begin to Sound!
the Great Tribulation is immediately followed by supernatural
signs in heaven (Matthew 24:21, 29).
The signs in heaven are also referred to as the sixth seal in Revelation
(Revelation 6:12-14).
Next the seventh seal, which contains the seven trumpets, is opened.
Revelation 8:1-6.
the seventh seal (which occurs immediately after the heavenly signs)
Acts 2:20.The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood,
before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
-The wrath of the “day of the Lord” is manifested in the seven “trumpet”
plagues which are unleashed consecutively over a period of months,
culminating in the Second Coming of Christ included.
7The first angel sounded,
and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth:
and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
- Here A gigantic firestorm will burn all green grass and one third of the trees.
Burned vegetation will be the first punishment on mankind
8And the second angel sounded,
and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea:
and the third part of the sea became blood;
9And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died;
and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
-The seas will be gravely affected by this plague. One third of the seas will
turn to blood, and one third of life in the seas will be destroyed, and one third
of the ships, mainly used for trade and warfare, will be destroyed!
10And the third angel sounded,
and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp,
and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of
the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters,
because they were made bitter.
-punishment is one third of the waters of the Earth unfit for human
consumption. The waters will become bitter, causing many to die.
12And the fourth angel sounded,
and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon,
and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened,
and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
-Most people would be terrified by now, God is ultimately after repentance,
but people will continue in sin, despite God’s repeated warnings to repent!
