Day of the Lord

November 01, 2010 Monday Message:

“See, the day of the Lord is coming - a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger - to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it. Isaiah 13:9

What is this “Day of the Lord?” The phrase usually refers to eschatology, things happening at the end of man’s history on earth, the “end times” as described in the Bible. Maybe we should call it the Millennium of the Lord - we’re expecting Jesus to return to rule the earth, some say for 1000 years. That sounds pretty good, right?

It’s good if you’re with Jesus, but really, really bad if you’re not. When Jesus returns, He’ll separate the sheep from the goats, for this is also the day of judgment. “The fallen will go to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” Jesus: Matthew 25:46

So it’s not just depressing news. The “Day of the Lord” is our day of salvation, and that good news is where Christians should focus their dreams. But remember - don’t show up at the Day of the Lord without Jesus.

It will be impossible to witness the Day of the Lord and not be humbled. What God will do will be so big, so powerful, so magnificent, so awesome, that mankind will have no doubt that this is God-in-action. On that day, time as we know it will cease; we will no longer have one more day to make our decision to follow Jesus, that decision with eternal consequences. We have had “free will” up to this day; now we must live (or die) with our decisions. It is now the day of reckoning.

The prophecies foretelling the day of the Lord will come to fruition at the end of history when God, with wondrous power, will call His children home.

Welcome home, brothers and sisters!

Norton Lawellin