Subject: Rapture and Day of the Lord the Same? |
Bible Note: Greetings Doug619! Thanks for the additional Scriptures! I said that I would do a word study on the phrase "Day of the Lord," so here goes. The phrase occurs 24 times in 22 verses in the NIV. a) It will be a day of judgment and wrath on sinners - Is. 13:6-13. b) It will be a time of doom for the nations - Ez. 30:3, Ob. 15, Zeph. 1:7, Zech. 14:1-7. c) It will be a day of destruction - Joel 1:15, Zeph. 1:14, Amos. 5:18-20. d) The army of the Lord will sweep across the nations - Joel 2:1-11. e) It will be a time of salvation for His people - Joel 2:18-32, 3:14-16. f) Elijah will precede the Day of the Lord - Mal. 4:5. g) The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon blood - Acts. 2:20. h) Souls will be saved on the Day of the Lord - 1 Cor. 5:5. i) Paul will boast of the fruits of his labor on the Day of the Lord - 2 Cor. 1:14. j) It will come like a thief in the night - 1 Thess. 5:2, 2 Pet. 3:10. k) Some had claimed that the Day of the Lord had already come - 2 Thess. 2:2. l) The heavens and the earth will be destroyed on the Day of the Lord - 2 Pet. 3:10 I think I have listed all of the references! Based upon the above, it would appear that the Day of the Lord would have to refer to the Day of Judgment at the end of time. It will be on that day that "every knee shall bow" (Phil. 2:10) and that sinners will be judged. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |