R U Ready for the Day of the Lord?

Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-2

 

This is the day which the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24. Every day is the day that the Lord has made…but the Day of the Lord will be a very special day. That is THE day that Jesus will return to earth—sometimes called His Second Coming. For those who are living at that time it is said to be a terrible and frightening day. Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, cruel, with fury and burning anger, to make the land a desolation; and He will exterminate its sinners from it. Isaiah 13:9.

 

When Paul writes to the Christians at Thessalonica he tells them not to get upset when the Day of the Lord comes. Solomon in the book of Proverbs talks about the value of having wisdom. It is good advice to listen to and obey while there is still time. Although Solomon doesn’t address the specific Day of the Lord, we can still consider it wise advice. Now therefore, O sons, listen to me, for blessed are they who keep my ways. Heed instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts. For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD. Proverbs 8:32-35. Time? When will the Day of the Lord come? No one except the heavenly Father knows the hour or the day…but we’ve been told to be ready, and now to not get upset. Don’t lose your cool. We all will die at some time…or we’ll be caught up in the rapture. As we get older it is more likely that our own individual “day of the Lord” will come when we go to meet Him—but it shouldn’t be a day of terror—but one of rejoicing. Either way, whether we meet Jesus in death or in the air in rapture when He returns…it should be a day of rejoicing. But it will be that only for those who have experienced the forgiveness of the Lord. Have you experienced forgiveness for your sins…your mistakes in life choices? I’m hoping that you are ready, not disturbed, but rejoicing in the Lord, for this is the day that the Lord has made.

 

Prayer ~ Holy Spirit—once again I ask that You would cleanse my heart…and guide each of my family, friends and neighbors to do the same. Everyone is accountable only for themselves. Holy is the Lord and worthy of our praise—our praise from a clean heart.

 

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