501 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 1 Book 42 - The Day Of Christ vs. The Day Of the Lord

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 1 * BOOK 42 The Day of Christ vs The Day of The Lord I Thessalonians 5:1-12 We’re ready to pick up in the last part of I Thessalonians chapter 4, so we’ll be going right into chapter 5, verse 1 in a moment. Now, in our closing verse in the last lesson we were talking about the Rapture, that out-calling of the Body of Christ, that silent disappearance of the believers, the resurrection of the believers who have died in Christ. I Thessalonians 4:17-18 Now to chapter 5. I think what Paul is referring to is that the Lord Himself had given enough indications, as well as the Old Testament prophecies, and we can see from all those things in our present time that the time is approaching. The Tribulation and the Second Coming of Christ to end the Tribulations, those are all associated with the day of the Lord, the day of Jehovah. So we’ll look at the day of the Lord first by going all the way back to the Book of Isaiah chapter 2, and we’re going to drop in at verse 12. Now you’ll see how every one of these references all use this same term, "the day of the Lord" and it’s a time of judgment. Isaiah 2:12-17 Isaiah 13:9-11a Jeremiah 30:7 Now verse 11 of Isaiah 13. Remember this is God’s time of wrath and vexation as Psalms chapter 2 calls it. Isaiah 13.11 Now go to chapter 24, and verse 21. Isaiah 24:21 in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth." Alright, now go to chapter 26, verse 20. Now look what He says concerning this end-time mass of humanity in verse 20. Isaiah 26:20 "Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation (God’s indignation) be overpast." Now we know there’s going to be a remnant of Israel that will be protected, and this is who God is speaking to. Now verse 21, and here’s the reason. Isaiah 26:21 "For, behold the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain." Now even today when we see disasters, and loss of life, that’s not God’s wrath. Now He’s permitted Satan to bring it about, but God isn’t precipitating suffering of this world, that’s the god of this world who’s doing that. But once this day of the Lord begins, and the seven years of Tribulation open up, yes then it is no longer the Grace, and the Love of God, but rather then it will the wrath of God. Psalm 2:4 "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: (that is at man’s ridiculousness to reject His given Messiah) the LORD shall have them (the nations of the world) in derision." Then verse 5, and here it comes. Psalms 2:5 "Then shall he (God) speak unto them (the nations of the world) in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure." Psalm 2:6 Now coming back to Isaiah, and we’re still studying about the day of the Lord, and let’s move on to chapter 34. Isaiah 34:8 Now turn over to chapter 63 verse 2. These are verses that we usually use in regard to the Book of Revelation. This is a verse concerning Christ’s coming at the battle of Armageddon which Revelation likens to grapes in a wine vat. And as Christ brings the nations in He will tread them like the treader of a wine vat, only Christ treads them in His wrath and fury. Isaiah 63:2-3a Today God is still the God of love, mercy, and Grace, but there’s coming a day when the day of the Lord will introduce these judgments. Isaiah 63:3b Now verse 6. Isaiah 63:6 Now let’s go to Jeremiah chapter 25, and verse 30 This is another of the major prophets that is writing primarily to the Nation of Israel, but also writing for our learning as well. Jeremiah 25:30 Now verse 31. Jeremiah 25:31-33 "A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, (plural, not just Israel. Israel is going to suffer far more than the rest of the world, but they’re all coming under God’s wrath.) he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. 32. Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. I said over the years, "Why does God repeat, and repeat, and repeat?" Ezekiel 30:3a Now finishing the verse. "… it shall be the time of the heathen." Joel 2:1-2 Now let’s turn a little further in Joel to chapter 2:28. Joel 2:2829 Now in verse 30 is the cataclysmic events of the day of the Lord, this is still future. Joel 2:30 31. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come." Amos 5:18 "Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! the day of The LORD is darkness, and not light." Obadiah 1:15-16 #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible