FRIENDS: THE GREAT AND NOTABLE DAY OF THE LORD!! Lets begin this study in Gods word by reading ACTS 2:19,20 which says, “And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: The SUN shall be turned into darkness, and the MOON into blood, BEFORE that GREAT and NOTABLE DAY of the Lord come:” So what is this DAY of the Lord that is called great and notable and WHAT are the SIGNS that will appear BEFORE this DAY comes? Well Peter is quoting from the prophet Joel, so lets begin our search there. Read the book of Joel for yourself, but for now I will just pull out some verses beginning with JOEL 1:15. “Alas for the DAY! For the DAY of the Lord is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.” The DAY of the Lord is a day of DESTRUCTION from Almighty God. Now read JOEL 2:1-3 which says, “Blow you the TRUMPET in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the DAY of the Lord comes, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong: there have not been the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. A FIRE devours before them: and behind them a FLAME burns: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness, and nothing shall escape them.” So then, we know that a TRUMPET will be blown or sounded BEFORE the great and notable DAY of the Lord COMES. In other words, AT the time in which a TRUMPET will sound as an alarm that the DAY of the Lord will be close at hand. We also know that a great people will come with chariots and flames of fire will go before them and behind them. Please read JOEL 2:10,11carefully. “The earth shall quake before them: the heavens shall tremble: the SUN and the MOON shall be dark, and the STARS shall withdraw their shining. And the Lord shall utter his VOICE before his ARMY: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executes his word: for the DAY of the Lord is GREAT and very terrible; and who can abide it? Please notice again the SIGNS in the SUN, MOON, and the STARS that accompany the DAY of the Lord, or more precisely appear right BEFORE the DAY of the Lord begins. In other words, THESE SIGNS will usher in the DAY of the Lord, which is the WRATH of Almighty God. Also pay close attention to the Lord COMING with his ARMY and uttering his VOICE before his ARMY. REVELATION 19:11-16 tells us that Jesus will come a second time WITH the ARMIES which were in heaven. “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he does JUDGE and make WAR. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called the Word of God. And the ARMIES which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goes a sharp two edge sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the WINE PRESS of the fierceness and WRATH of Almighty God. And he has on his vesture the name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.” So the Bible makes it plainly clear that when Jesus comes again that he is coming to JUDGE and execute the WRATH of Almighty God and that he is coming with ARMIES which were in heaven. Notice that the word ARMIES is plural meaning that he will come with more than one army. Now in this passage of scripture there is a description of only one army, who are clothed in linen WHITE and CLEAN, which is speaking of the DEAD in CHRIST who are in heaven awaiting the FIRST RESURRECTION. These DEAD in CHRIST will God BRING WITH HIM when he comes. Please read 1 THESSALONIANS 4:14 which says, “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so THEM also which SLEEP in Jesus (or them who have DIED faithfully believing in Jesus, or that is to say, the DEAD in Christ) will God BRING WITH HIM.” But we are also told that Jesus will come with ten thousand and thousands of his ANGELS. Please look at 2 THESSALONIANS 1:7 that reads, “And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven WITH his MIGHTY ANGELS. In FLAMING FIRE taking VENGEANCE on them that know not God, AND on that OBEY NOT the GOSPEL of our Lord Jesus Christ. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power: WHEN he shall COME to BE GLORIFIED in HIS SAINTS, and to be ADMIRED in all them that BELIEVE because our testimony among you was believed in that day.” So Jesus is coming with the dead in Christ and his mighty angels. And when he arrives a TRUMPET will sound, then the DEAD in Christ and those faithful believers who are left alive or have remained alive shall all be CHANGED or GLORIFIED which means that we shall receive immortal and incorruptible bodies FIRST. And then we will all be GATHERED together to MEET with our Lord in the AIR or the sky and CONTINUE on WITH Jesus to a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon to help JUDGE and execute vengeance and the WRATH of God. I will explain all of this a little further on in this study. But for now please read Joel 2:30,31 which is what Peter quoted nearly word for word in the book of Acts, the first scripture you read at the beginning of this study of the great and notable DAY of the Lord. “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The SUN shall be turned into darkness, and the MOON into blood BEFORE the great and terrible DAY of the Lord COME.” Again notice that the DAY of the Lord does NOT COME, until there shall appear SIGNS in the SUN, MOON, and the STARS. I have just one more verse in Joel that I want to point out. Take a look at JOEL 3:12-16 that reads, “Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to JUDGE all the heathen round about. Put you in the SICKLE, for the HARVEST is ripe; come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision (or valley of threshing): for the DAY of the Lord is NEAR in the valley of decision. The SUN and the MOON shall be darkened, and the STARS, shall withdraw there shining. The Lord also shall ROAR out of Zion, and utter his VOICE from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord shall be the hope of his people, AND the strength of the children of ISRAEL.”
Posted on: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:53:51 +0000
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