The Day of the LORD – Scripture Comparison · 2017-08-31 · points. My personal conclusion is that we only find seven actual plagues (Revelation 15/16), and that these vial plagues

WHAT IS THE DAY OF THE LORD?

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THE APPOINTED DAY OF THE LORD IS:

a day of resurrection and rapture at the last trump.•

a day of rewards for the resurrected/raptured prophets, saints and believers.•

a day of corporate repentance and salvation for remnant Israel.•

a day of judgment and wrath for the ungodly and the final beast kingdom.•

a day when Satan is bound and cast into the bottomless pit.•

a day when evil beings and the power of the air are destroyed and an EARTHLY •RESTORATION begins.

a day that ushers in the • “now but not yet” KINGDOM OF GOD and the rule of KING JESUS CHRIST from the throne of His glory in Jerusalem.

OUR PURPOSE TODAY IS TO…


#1 –

EVALUATE THE TIMING OF THE RESURRECTION / RAPTURE. COULD THE RESURRECTION AND RAPTURE ACTUALLY OCCUR ON THE “LAST DAY” AS JESUS SAID?

#2 –

DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THIS PRESENT AGE IS HEADED. IS A LARGE PORTION OF PROPHECY REALLY FOCUSED AND POINTED TOWARD A PRIMARY EVENT CALLED THE DAY OF THE LORD?

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER


1) Is the resurrection of the dead connected with the rapture?

2) Will the resurrection / rapture include the Old Testament saints?

3) Could the day of the Lord (i.e. the “day of God”, the “day of Christ”, the “day of judgment”, etc.) occur in one day?

4) Could the resurrection / rapture occur at the “last trump” on the “last day” of this present age? And thus by necessity, could the 7th Thunder, 7th Trumpet, and 7th Vial Plague be interconnected?

Question #1: IS THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD CONNECTED WITH THE RAPTURE?


1Th 4:15-17(15) For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. (16) For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: (17) Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

1Co 15:51-55(51) Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, (52) In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (53) For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. (54) So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (55) O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

The resurrection and rapture are connected events. Therefore, to understand the rapture, we need to become good students of the resurrection.

Question #2: WILL THE RESURRECTION/RAPTURE INCLUDE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS?


Point #1 The Apostle Paul quotes the prophet Isaiah and the prophet Hosea in I Corinthians 15:54 and

15:55. It is logical that he is viewing the resurrection through the lens of the prophets, and thus has the Old Testament saints in view when writing about the resurrection of the dead!

1Co 15:54-55(54) So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (55) O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

Isa 25:8-9(8) He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. (9) And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Hos 13:14 (14) I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.



Point #2 How many bodies of believers are there? The New Testament saints are fellow citizens with the Old

Testament saints through Christ. We are fellow heirs and of the same body with the Old Testament saints. The Lord God says that only one body exists. As such, I believe the resurrection/rapture will include Old Testament saints.

FELLOW CITIZENS – Ephesians 2:12-22 (particularly vs. 12-14, 16, 19-20)(12) That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: (13) But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. (14) For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us (16) And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: (19) Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; (20) And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

FELLOW HEIRS – Ephesians 3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

ONE BODY – Ephesians 4:4-6 (4) There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; (5) One Lord, one faith, one baptism, (6) One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.



In conclusion:The Old Testament saints were in the mind of the Apostle Paul when he wrote the most frequently quoted resurrection / rapture passage in Scripture.

There is only one body. The fact that we can become fellow heirs, and of the same body, is the mystery of Christ (Eph 3:6) that was kept secret from the beginning of the world (Rev 16:25).

What God has joined together through Christ, let not man put asunder by attempting to say that the resurrection and rapture is only for the New Testament church, and that it will occur years before the day of the Lord! The roadmap of Scripture points to a great and notable day at the end of this Age when the first resurrection (Rev 20:5) will occur. Interestingly, the time when the seventh angel sounds is also when the present Gospel era, i.e. the “mystery” of God, is finished/done (Rev 10:7)!

Question #3: COULD THE DAY OF THE LORD OCCUR IN JUST ONE 24-HOUR DAY?


Based on my study of the Scripture, the likelihood is high that these events will occur in one day.

The continual refrain of the prophets is • “in that day” and “on that day” and “at that day.”

Based on the • “framework” discussed in my book, the result of linking the Jewish feast days (or moedim / appointed times) with the eschatological time periods in Scripture provides confidence in my heart that the day of the Lord will occur in some future year on the Day of Atonement, or Yom Kippur. This, of course, is a single day on the calendar.

The • “first resurrection” (Rev 20:5) is in context of the beginning of the 1000-year reign of Christ. And, Scripture teaches that the resurrection will occur in the twinkling of an eye (I Cor 15:52) on the “last day” (John 6:39-40, 44, 54, 11:24).

The transformation and corporate salvation of remnant Israel will occur in • “one day” (Isa 66:8; Ezekiel 39:22, 25-29; Zeph 3:15-16; Zech 9:16, 12:9-11; Matt 23:39; Romans 11:26).

The wrath of God (the • “day” of judgment) is depicted as a single day (Isa 9:14; 10:17; 13:9, 13; 24:21; 34:8; Ezekiel 38:19, 39:8; Micah 5:10; Zeph 1:15-16; Malachi 4:1; 2 Pet 3:7, 12; Rev 16:14)

Question #4: WILL THE RESURRECTION / RAPTURE OCCUR AT THE

7TH THUNDER, 7TH TRUMPET & 7TH VIAL?


If the resurrection / rapture occurs at the “last trump” and on the “last day” then by necessity we must find Scriptural support that validates this fact. The main body of evidence is found in the book of Revelation. The Revelation of Jesus Christ presents difficulty to the reader in sorting out the many visions given to John. However, much of the book has personally become simplified by implementing a proven study technique (Scripture to Scripture comparison) and moving away from a natural chronological reading of the text.

WHAT DO I MEAN – I believe that we are tossed to and fro on the chronological timeline in the book of Revelation, especially beginning at chapter 6. Understand that John would bear witness to a vision, and then proceed to describe what he saw from beginning to end. In some cases the vision may cover only a snapshot in time, and in other cases the vision may cover multiple years of time from beginning to end. Then, John would be chronologically pulled back in time to witness another vision that was then revealed to him from beginning to end.

MY PROPOSAL – Do not read the visions given to John as sequential and chronological in time. Rather, be open to the possibility that God was revealing some of the same events and activities, only from multiple vantage points. My personal conclusion is that we only find seven actual plagues (Revelation 15/16), and that these vial plagues are simply preceded by a Thunder voice of warning and a Trumpet herald of warning.

NOTE: My book contains a detailed study of these visions that supports my proposed interpretation. To keep things simple, our proof of interconnectivity between the Thunders, the Trumpets and the Vial plagues in this exercise will only focus on the 7th Thunder/Trumpet/Vial.


THE PROOF –

Because of the cosmic events, many see the resurrection / rapture as occurring near the time of the 6th and 7th seal. I agree. So, is it truly possible that the time of the 7s are interconnected? Could each of these passages pertain to the day of the Lord (i.e. 2nd coming, resurrection & rapture, day of fury and (orge) wrath against the ungodly, and the corporate salvation of Israel)? If so, we need to find strong biblical evidence that supports this presupposition.

To keep this as simple as possible (using only a single page of ten Scripture passages), I will attempt to reasonably and Scripturally validate that each of these Scriptures depict the day of the Lord, and that they are indeed referring to the same event and the same time (the DOL).

Question #4: WILL THE RESURRECTION / RAPTURE OCCUR AT THE

7TH THUNDER, 7TH TRUMPET & 7TH VIAL?

Let’s perform a one-page Scripture Comparison Exercise

These following ten passages will be compared to one another:

6th Seal, 7th Seal,

7th Thunder,7th Trumpet,

7th Vial Plague,Mat 24:29-31,

2nd Pet 3:10-12,Isa 2:10-21,Isa 13:4-13,Isa 34:2-9

The color shaded topics on the lower right will be analyzed in the following ten slides. In totality, this exercise can be used to form a solid Scriptural anchor point as we strive to interpret the book of Revelation. The book of Revelation is very difficult to sort out. Often, just staying away from the complex book is the easiest thing to do. I agree that it is a complex book. However, many of the visions tell the same story, only from a slightly different vantage point (a faint resemblance to the four gospel accounts).

How many plagues are there? Only seven! Based on my study, each of the seven plagues are preceded by a Thunder voice of warning and a Trumpet herald of warning. Therefore, the 7th Thunder/Trumpet/Vial are the same event. We need to open our minds to this possibility. I was always comfortable with the assumption that the book of Revelation generally moved in a chronological manner. However, the below connections help dispel that assumption. We must allow for the possibility of synchronization of the 7s (Seal/Thunder/Trumpet/Vial).

PRECEDING COSMIC EVENTS

THE FEAR OF MAN

GOD’S POWER & WRATH

HEAVENLY TEMPLE OPENED

THE HEAVENS DEPART

THE RESURRECTION/RAPTURE

MOUNTAINS & ISLANDS

FIRE & BRIMSTONE


GREAT VOICES - IT IS DONE - IT IS FINISHED

END TIME GATHERING & GREAT TRIBULATION

Sixth & Seventh Seal Seventh Trumpet Seventh Vial Plague Matthew 24 2nd Peter 3 A Few Old Testament Day of the LORD passages

Rev 6:12-17, 8:1, 4-5 (12) And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; (13) And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. (14) And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. (15) And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; (16) And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: (17) For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? 8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 8:4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. 8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

Rev 11:15-19 (15) And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. (16) And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, ( 17) Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. (18) And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. (19) And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

Rev 16:14b-21 (14) For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. (15) Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. (16) And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. (17) And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. (18) And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. (19) And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. (20) And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. (21) And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

Mat 24:29-31Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be dark-ened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: (30) And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. (31) And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heav-en to the other.

2 Pet 3:10-12(10) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (11) Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conver-sation and godliness, (12) Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

Isa 2:10-12, 17b, 19, 21 (10) Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. (11) The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. (12) For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: (17b) . . . and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. (19) And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he arisethto shake terribly the earth (21) To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

Isa 13:4-13 (4) The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. (5) They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. (6) Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. (7) Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: (8) And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.(9) Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. (10) For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. (11) And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. (12) I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. (13) Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

Isa 34:2, 4, 6a, 8a, 9 (2) For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. (4) And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. (6a) The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, (8a) For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, (9) And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

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7th Thunder But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.12

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Sixth & Seventh Seal Seventh Trumpet Seventh Vial Plague Matthew 24 2nd Peter 3 Other Day of the LORD passages

Rev 6:12-17, 8:1, 4-5 (12) And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; (13) And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. (14) And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together;and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. (15) And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; (16) And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: (17) For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? 8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 8:4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. 8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.









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Isa 2:10-12, 17b, 19, 21 (10) Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. (11) The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. (12) For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: (17b) . . . and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. (19) And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he arisethto shake terribly the earth (21) To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty,when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.




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Rev 11:15-19 (15) And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. (16) And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, ( 17) Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. (18) And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.(19) And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.



2 Pet 3:10-12(10) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise,and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (11) Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conver-sation and godliness, (12) Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?


Isa 13:4-13 (4) The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. (5) They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. (6) Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. (7) Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: (8) And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.(9) Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.(10) For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. (11) And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. (12) I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. (13) Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.


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2 Pet 3:10-12(10) But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise,and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (11) Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conver-sation and godliness, (12) Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?





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IT APPEARS THAT JOB IS RIGHT


Job 14:12-14(12) So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.(13) O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!(14) If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

Job says that he won’t be resurrected until the heavens pass away and until the wrath is past. This points firmly to a resurrection on the “last day” just as the final plague of wrath is being poured out. Much like Lot fleeing Sodom (Luke 17:29-30), thus shall it be when the Son of man is revealed!

• Luk 17:29-30 (29) But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. (30) Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

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IT APPEARS THAT ISAIAH IS RIGHT


Isa 26:17-20(17) Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.(18) We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.(19) Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.(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 be overpast.

The time of the resurrection is in context of great tribulation and travail. The beginnings of birth pains have long passed. These are the serious labor pains and great contractions at the end of labor (see also Jer 30:6-7) when the child is soon born.

Then, in verse 20 we see a possible inference that the resurrected and raptured multitude will be hidden (for a little moment), presumably around the throne of God in heaven, while the fury and indignation (i.e. the violently passionate orge (G3709) wrath seen in Rev 6:16-17, Rev 11:18, Rev 14:10, Rev 16:19 and Rev 19:15) is unleashed upon the ungodly on the day of the Lord.

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THE “FIRST TRUMP” vs. THE “LAST TRUMP”


Exo 19:9-20 (9) And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. (10) And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, (11) And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. (12) And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: (13) There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. (14) And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. (15) And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. (16) And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. (17) And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. (18) And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. (19) And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. (20) And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

And after God spoke the ten commandments (Exod 20:1-17) we read in verse 18: And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

Amazingly, at the time of the “first trumpet” recorded in Scripture (Exodus 19:16), and then again in Exodus 20:18, we read of a long, exceeding loud trumpet, and the presence of thunderings, lightnings, and voices, in addition to fire, smoke, and a quaking mountain. This has stark similarities to the time of the “last trump” in Rev 8:5, 11:19, and 16:18 at the time the heavenly temple is opened and there are voices, thunderings, lightnings, and a great earthquake.

Doesn’t a page full of interconnectivity and correlations weave together a close bond depicting a common event at the end of this Age?

An event called the Day of the LORD. A day that when completed, will usher in a most glorious Kingdom on this earth, ruled by the King of kings

for one thousand years!


Once the plethora of connections are made between these day of the LORD passages, it is difficult to conclude that these events of the 7s will occur chronologically. How can we conclude---after a review of these ten subject comparisons found throughout these ten day of the Lord Scriptures---that one day the 7th Seal will open, and then it will be followed sequentially by 7 Thunder judgments, which in turn are followed by months of Trumpet judgments, which are then followed by seven more difficult plagues and judgments?

The plain and simple conclusion that we should make is to recognize their commonalities and thus recognize that the Thunders and Trumpets are nothing more than warnings that precede each of the seven vial plagues.

Thunders 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Trumpets 1 2 3 4 5 6 7Vials 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

The Day of the LORD

While I believe many Scriptures project forward and prophesy of the great and notable day of the Lord, only ten passages were selected for this one-page review.


THE PRECEDING COSMIC EVENTS RESURRECTION AND RAPTURE SALVATION OF REMNANT ISRAEL THE WRATH OF GOD

Matthew 24:29–31Mark 13:24–27Luke 21:25–28Act 2:19–21Joel 2:31–32Joel 3:13–16

Isaiah 2:10–22

Isaiah 13:9–13

Revelation 6:12–17

Matthew 24:29–31Mark 13:24–27Luke 21:25–28John 6:40, 44, 541 Corinthians 15:51–551 Thessalonians 4:15–182 Thessalonians 1:7-10Revelation 8:1, 3-5

Revelation 10:7

Revelation 11:15, 18

Revelation 14:14–16Isaiah 25:6–9Isaiah 26:17–21Isaiah 27:12–13Jeremiah 25:29–38Zephaniah 1:14–18Zechariah 9:14–16Daniel 12:1–3Job 14:12-14, 19:23–27

Isa 10:20–23, 11:9–12, 25:7–9,27:12–13, 29:18–24, 45:17–25,54:7, 13–17, 59:18–21, 60:18–22,62:1–12, 66:18–24

Jer 23:3–6, 30:1–22, 31:31–34,32:37–42

Eze 20:33–44, 36:22–38, 37:21–28, 39:7, 22-29

Hos 2:14–23, 3:1–5, 5:15–6:3

Joel 3:15-21Amos 9:11-15Micah 4:7Zeph 3:11-20Zech 9:16, 12:8–11, 13:8–9Mat 23:37–39Luke 13:34–35Acts 2:36-39Rom 9:1-5, 27-28, 11:25-36

Isa 9:4–5, 14–19, 10:5–6, 12–21, 13:4-22, 11:4–5, 14:3–7,24:3–6, 17–21, 30:27–33,31:4–9, 34:1–17, 42:13–2

Jer 4:23-28

Eze 38:18-23, 39:1-8

Hab 3:3–19

Micah 5:9-15

Zeph 1:14-18

Zech 14:3-15

Mal 3:2-5, 4:1-6

2 Pet 3:7-12

Rev 6:16-17, 11:18, 14:17-20, 16:14-21, 19:11-21

Didn’t these highlighted

passages tell a clear story?

For Additional Study, Several Passages Depict This Chronology


Does your framework for the end times allow for the possibility of a sudden torrent of activity just weeks or days before the Lord’s return? If not, it may be time to prayerfully consider a new framework of understanding. The Scriptures that I read and study seem to point to a climactic rise of evil that peaks with:

- a great end-time gathering around Jerusalem- the abomination of desolation- a few days of great and severe tribulation, travail, and spoil

This great tribulation of evil is then met with a forceful hand of judgment from God where the following is depicted on the great day of God:

- cosmic events- the parting of the heavens- the fear of prideful men- the resurrection and rapture of the saints- rejoicing in heaven (it is done, THAT DAY has come)- the annihilation of the power of the air- earth-altering devastation- a final plague of great hail- fire and brimstone


This is the orge wrath of God which is then capped off by the return of Christ with his wife (Rev 19) to tread the winepress and bring the day of the Lord’s wrath to a close.

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The Day of the LORD – Scripture Comparison · 2017-08-31 · points. My personal conclusion is that we only find seven actual plagues (Revelation 15/16), and that these vial plagues