The Day of the Lord
"The Day of the LORD” is a
In the Hebrew Bible, the meaning of the phrases refers to temporal events such as the invasion of a foreign army, the capture of a city and the suffering that befalls the inhabitants. This appears much in the second chapter of Isaiah which is read on the Sabbath of Vision, immediately before the 10th of Av.
The prophet Malachi foretells the return of Elijah immediately preceding the "great and terrible day of the LORD".[1] This prophecy is read in synagogues on the Great Sabbath immediately preceding Passover.
In the New Testament, the "day of the Lord" may also refer to the writer's own times, or it may refer to predicted events in a later age of earth's history including the
Hebrew Bible usage
It is used first by
In the
In Zephaniah 1:8, the Day of the LORD is equated with "the day of the LORD's sacrifice". This has led Christian interpreters to equate it with Jesus' death.[5]
Reference to a specific day as being "The Day of the Lord" is found in the Book of Daniel 12:12, "Blessed is he who waits and comes unto 1,335 days."
New Testament usage
This promise is also picked up in the
which speaks about the day of the Lord coming suddenly.The phrase alludes to a judgment for eternal rewards in 2 Corinthians 1:14 where it says "we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus".
The
2 Peter 3:8-10 reads
8But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day [is] as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9The Lord is not slack concerning [His] promise, as some count slackness, but is long suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.[9]
"Lord's Day" as Christian day of worship
References
- ^ Malachi chapter 3.
- ^ See 2 Corinthians 1:14 and Jude 6.
- ^ Coogan, M. A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament: The Hebrew Bible in its Context. (Oxford University Press: Oxford 2009), p. 260.
- ^ a b c Wright, J. S (1962). "Day of the Lord". In Douglas, J. D (ed.). The New Bible Dictionary. Inter-Varsity Fellowship. p. 296.
- ^ DeRouchie, Jason (2017). How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament. p. 340.
- ^ Revelation 6:12–17
- ^ Joel 2:31
- ^ Matthew 24:29–31
- ^ 2 Peter 3:8–10 NKJV
- ^ Kline, Meredith G (2006). God, Heaven, and Har Magedon: A Covenantal Tale of Cosmos and Telos. Wipf & Stock. p. 193.
- ^ "the sabbath or the lords day". Retrieved 3 June 2013.