THE “PATTERN” OF THE COMING DAY OF THE LORD
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The height of our revelations depends upon the correctness of our
doctrines (our building blocks)
THE FIRST
EVER ARCHETYPICAL PATTERN IN THE BIBLE
(Gen 1:1-4) In the
beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [Heb: khosek] was upon the face of the deep
[Heb: an abyss (as a surging mass of water)]. And the Spirit of God [the Holy Spirit] moved upon the face of
the waters. And God said, Let
there be light [Heb:
illumination (fig.) happiness]: and
there was light [the archetype
and shadow of Jesus Christ]. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided [Heb: separated] the light from the darkness.
1. Commentary: “the face of the deep… the face of the waters” = Dict: anthropomorphism
= to ascribe human form or attributes to.
2. without form = Heb: a waste, desolation: (fig.) a worthless thing: confusion,
without form, vain, vanity.
3. void = Heb: (meaning to be empty), an undistinguishable ruin: emptiness.
4. darkness = Heb: khoshek; the dark;
fig. misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness /// to be dark
(as withholding light).
5. (John 8:12) Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he
that followeth me [Gk: be in the same way
with] shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
THE WARNING ALARM IS
SOUNDING
(Joel
2:1) Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an
alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the
day of the LORD cometh, for it is
nigh at hand; (Joel 2:2) A day of darkness
and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread
upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the
like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
THE PROPHECY OF THE DAY OF THE LORD
(Joel
2:1) Blow
ye the trumpet in
1. Commentary:
“sound an alarm” = a warning to prepare, to be ready: this is the fifth feast of God, the
Feast of Trumpets which correlates with the fifth seal “they cried with a loud
voice” (Rev 6:9-11), heralding the coming sixth feast, the Day of Atonement,
the sixth seal: (Rev 6:12-17).
(Joel
2:2) [For
“the inhabitants of the land” (the unsaved) the Day of the Lord is] A day of darkness and of gloominess,
a day of clouds and of thick darkness [HUMANITY IS THE (IN) DARKNESS], [and for the Saints (the
saved) compositing “my holy mountain” the Day of the Lord is] as the morning [Heb: dawn] [out of darkness will come the light,
repeating the original pattern of Gen 1:1-4] spread upon the mountains [i.e.,
Father God’s warm loving embrace about His people]: a great people and a strong [“kings and priests” Rev 1:6; 5:10 & 20:6 who will reign over both
physical (unsaved) and spiritual (saved) realms during the 1,000 Millennium]; there hath not been ever the like,
neither shall be any more after it [i.e.,
after the “first resurrection” Rev 20:6], even to [until] the years of many generations [until the conclusion of the 1,000 year Millennium].
1. darkness = Heb: khoshek; the dark;
fig. misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness /// to be dark
(as withholding light).
2. gloominess = Heb: duskiness, fig. misfortune; concealment: dark, darkness, X
thick.
3. thick darkness = Heb: gloom (as of a lowering sky) /// to droop: drop down.
4. (Psa
107:14) He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their
bands in sunder.
5. (Isa
29:18) And in that day shall the deaf hear the
words of the book, and the eyes of
the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
6. (2
Cor 4:6) For
God, who commanded the light to
shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give
the light [Gk: illumination]
of the knowledge of the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ.
7. (1
Pet 2:9) But ye
are a chosen generation [extending
from “Christ” (the 42nd generation) through now and until He returns
(Mat 1:1-17)], a royal priesthood
[the Melchisedec Priesthood (Heb 5:6)], an holy nation, a peculiar
people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness
into his marvellous light [Gk:
to shine or make manifest, especially by rays: fire]:
8. Summation Commentary: The event of “The Day of the Lord” dawns with the return of Jesus
Christ drawn out of darkess, that
is, with His second coming out of “us” (Rom 8:18; 1 Thess 1:7,10,12) in
“consuming fire” (Heb: 12:29) which is “the first resurrection” (Rev 20:4-6)
simultaneously ending the Great Tribulation and commencing the 1,000 year
Millennium throughout which we shall reign as “kings and priests” (Rev 1:6; 5:10 & 20:6), that is, as “saviours” (Obad 1:21) over billions of
unsaved and saved peoples.
AND THE FUTURE OF THE
UNSAVED
(Amos
5:18) Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD
is darkness, and not light.
(Zeph
1:14-18) The great day of the LORD is
near, it is near, and hasteth
[Heb: hurrying: speedily, suddenly] greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man
shall cry there bitterly. That day is
a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and
desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick
darkness, A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities,
and against the high towers. And I will bring distress upon men, that
they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the
LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their
flesh as the dung. Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able
to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall
be devoured by the [(nuclear)]
fire of his jealousy: for he
shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
(Isa 42:18) Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye
blind, that ye may see.
(John 8:12) Then spake Jesus again unto them,
saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk
in darkness, but shall have the light of [eternal] life.
Amen