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Day of the Lord

DAY OF THE LORD (YAHWEH)

On the other hand the New Testament idea is pervaded with the elements of hope and joy and victory. In the New Testament it is eminently the day of Christ, the day of His coming in the glory of His father. The very conception of Him as the "Son of Man" points to this day (E. Kuehl, Das Selbstbewusstsein Jesu, 68). John 5:27: "And he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man" (compare Matthew 24:27, 30 Luke 12:8). It is true in the New Testament there is a dark background to the bright picture, for it still remains a "day of wrath". (Romans 2:5, 6), a "great day" (Revelation 6:17 Jude 1:6), a "day of God" (2 Peter 3:12), a "day of judgment" (Matthew 10:15 2 Peter 3:7 Romans 2:16).

Sometimes it is called "that day" (Matthew 7:22 1 Thessalonians 5:4 2 Timothy 4:8), and again it is called "the day" without any qualification whatever, as if it were the only day worth counting in all the history of the world and of the race (1 Corinthians 3:13). To the unbeliever, the New Testament depicts it as a day of terror; to the believer, as a day of joy. For on that day Christ will raise the dead, especially His own dead, the bodies of those that believed in Him-"that of all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day" (John 6:39). In that day He comes to His own (Matthew 16:27), and therefore it is called "the day of our Lord Jesus" (2 Corinthians 1:14),"the day of Jesus Christ" or "of Christ" (Philippians 1:6, 10), the day when there "shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven" (Matthew 24:30). All Paulinic literature is especially suffused with this longing for the "parousia," the day of Christ's glorious manifestation. The entire conception of that day centers therefore in Christ and points to the everlasting establishment of the kingdom of heaven, from which sin will be forever eliminated, and in which the antithesis between Nature and grace will be changed into an everlasting synthesis. See also ESCHATOLOGY (OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW TESTAMENT).

Henry E. Dosker

Greek

2960. kuriakos -- of the Lord
... derived from 2962 , "lord") -- properly, pertaining (belonging) to the (). 2960 ()
is used of Supper (ie "communion," the table) and " day" () as the appointed ...
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1967. epiousios -- for the coming day, for subsistence
... the Lord's Prayer. It refers to God's provision that is needed for (Mt 6:11; Lk
11:3) -- literally, "bread that (meets) the unique demands of the coming day.". ...
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5610. hora -- a time or period, an hour
... time or opportunity to reach a goal (fulfill a purpose); a time-period; a limited
period to accomplish the Lord's specific purpose ... day, hour, instant, season. ...
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4710. spoude -- haste, diligence
... Noun, Feminine Transliteration: spoude Phonetic Spelling: (spoo-day') Short Definition ...
the believer, 4710 ("speedy diligence") means what the Lord reveals is . ...
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Library

The Day of the Lord
... THE DAY OF THE LORD. ... Wisdom, Self-Sacrifice, Daring, and Love, Haste to the
battle-field, stoop from above, To the Day of the Lord at hand. ...
/.../kingsley/andromeda and other poems/the day of the lord.htm

The Lord's Day
... THE LORD'S DAY. ... There is no evidence of any kind that "the first day of the week"
was ever called "the Lord's Day" before the Apocalypse was written. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bullinger/commentary on revelation/the lords day.htm

The Day of the Lord.
... FUNERAL HYMNS. Hymn 78 The day of the Lord. John Newton 8,8,8,8. The day of
the Lord. [27]. God, with one piercing glance, looks through. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 78 the day of.htm

A Day in the Lord's Courts.
... ORIGINAL HYMNS HYMN CXV. A Day in the Lord's Courts. 7.7.7.7 James Montgomery.
A Day in the Lord's Courts. To Thy Temple I repair,. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/montgomery/sacred poems and hymns/hymn cxv a day in.htm

Our Lord is Risen from the Dead
... II. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR Ascension Day 187. Our Lord is risen from the dead.
LM [724]Truro: Thomas Williams, Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789. ...
/.../ascension day 187 our lord.htm

The True Manner of Keeping Holy the Lord's Day.
... THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. THE TRUE MANNER OF KEEPING HOLY THE LORD'S DAY. ... xxxvii.4),
any greater delight or recreation than the sanctifying of the Lord's day. ...
/.../bayly/the practice of piety/the true manner of keeping.htm

Blessed be that First Day of Thine, Lord, Wherewith this Day of ...
... In this Thy day, Lord, which is near unto us, we see Thy Birth that is
far off! ... Great is Thy day, Lord, let us not be despised. ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn iii blessed be that.htm

The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is Ended
... I. DAILY PRAYER: Morning Daily Prayer: Evening 29. The day thou gavest, Lord, is
ended. ... The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended,. The darkness falls at thy behest; ...
/.../daily prayer evening 29 the.htm

He Enjoins the General Observance of the Lord's Day, and the Day ...
... Book IV. Chapter XVIII."He enjoins the General Observance of the Lord's
Day, and the Day of Preparation. He ordained, too, that ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xviii he enjoins the general.htm

What the Apostle Paul Wrote to the Thessalonians About the ...
... Book XX. Chapter 19."What the Apostle Paul Wrote to the Thessalonians About the
Manifestation of Antichrist Which Shall Precede the Day of the Lord. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 19 what the apostle paul.htm

Subtopics

Day

Day and Night

Day Before the Sabbath

Day: A Creative Period

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