The "Day Of The Lord” Study In The Scriptures - The Conclusion – The Summary Of All Events - Part 12 Series

THE “DAY OF THE LORD” STUDY IN THE SCRIPTURES - THE CONCLUSION – THE SUMMARY OF ALL EVENTS - PART 12

THIS FINAL STUDY WILL PRESENT THE ORDER OF EVENTS IN THE DAY OF THE LORD:

The Day of the LORD (Jehovah) is the period of time when God openly intervenes in the affairs of this world because sin has ripened to the extent that God must step in - in judgment and blessing. It will begin after the translation of the Church to heaven and will terminate with the cleansing of the heavens and earth to prepare for the new heavens and earth. All this is to be understood from the amalgamation of scriptures referring to the Day of the LORD or “in that day, even “At that time”.

[1]. The Rapture of the Church is just preceding the beginning of the Day of the LORD. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17). God’s wrath can not come while the Church is still on earth, for the Church has no part in that wrath because Christ is our Deliverer from the wrath to come. The Rapture signals the start of God’s direct intervention in this world’s affairs. The whole view and progression of church history in these 2 000 years is prophetically shown in Revelation chapters 2 and 3, and we are in the last period, Laodicea.

[2]. The Church is raptured to heaven and then chapters 4 and 5 of Revelation take place in heaven for all the redeemed. Just how long this is after the Rapture is uncertain. Do we need to have the Judgement Seat of Christ for rewards completed before the Revelation scene? I tend to think not (maybe) but we would all have views on this. I see events moving quite quickly. The Church worships there in heaven and Christ is the Lamb in the midst. A scroll sealed with 7 seals is revealed and only the Lamb is worthy to break those seals.

[3]. Those 7 seals are events and judgements upon this world, and begin with the new world leader being revealed (some call him Antichrist) as coming on a white horse (bloodless takeover; supposed man of peace). His 10 kingdoms will be within the geographical boundaries of the old Roman Empire. That is the start of the Day of the LORD. Following after this, will be wars and rumours of wars, and death and famine and diseases (God has given us a small glimpse what a disease/pestilence is like with this Chinese virus). Just right now in the world are minefields about to explode – racial, ethnic, religious, economic, political tensions. China wants to make war. Civil unrest is everywhere. I fear very much for the way the USA is going. It is easy to see these problems exploding suddenly in wars and rumours of wars (but after the Rapture). When the 6th seal is broken, there is a great earthquake and the sun and moon and stars are affected and something like stars fall from the sky and the whole earth is affected (Revelation 6:12-14). The people on earth know that the wrath of God is upon them. (Revelation 6:16). Meanwhile, in heaven the Church is being prepared for the marriage supper of the Lamb. (Maybe the rewards being worked through when in heaven, are the trophies the Bride brings to her Groom at the Marriage Supper.)

[4]. The Lord seals 144 000 Jews for the preaching of “the Gospel of the Kingdom” in the Tribulation (men with the power and drive of Paul, the one born before his time = of a premature birth – God will save/anoint these 144 000 just like He did with Paul, without the human agency. This is done in Revelation chapter 7. The world leader makes a peace treaty with Israel for 7 years but he will break this half way through.

[5]. The 7th seal opens up seven trumpet judgements in Revelation chapters 8 and 9 and it is here, the even more serious judgements begin. They are horrific. All these are in the first 3.5 years. Demonic beings are set loose on the earth in two of the judgments.

[6]. Chapter 11 starts the second half of the Tribulation called by some, the Great Tribulation or the time of Jacob’s trouble. This is when God’s two witnesses of Revelation appear, men who are powerful, prophets of judgement – Elijah and Enoch (they have never died a physical death. Moses died, so he is disqualified – you don’t die twice in the physical body, and Moses was never a preacher of judgement as was Enoch and Elijah.) This whole Tribulation period of 7 years is the fulfillment of Daniel’s 70th week. (Daniel 9:27.) The latter half is when things get even more intense. (Matthew 24:21. Revelation 7:14.). It is half way through the 7 years when the world leader and Antichrist (the false prophet) [they are described in Revelation chapter 13] break the covenant with Israel and for 3 and one half years the Jewish saints are persecuted and killed, but the Lord divinely protects many – that is found in Revelation 12. Antichrist orders an image of the world leader to be erected in the Jerusalem temple and gives to it miraculous powers, and people have to receive the mark of the beast or they can not buy food (the covid vaccination mandate in Australia where if one is not vaccinated you can’t enter premises or workplaces or shops! is a hint of that). It is not the mark of the beast, only a hint of what will come. A bit after that Satan tries to destroy all the Jewish tribulation believers but Michael the Archangel protects them in Revelation chapter 12.