"The day of the Lord" does not BEGIN at that point; it will have been unfolding upon the earth for "7 years" already, by that point (Rev19)... per 1Th5:1-3 (in connection with what Jesus had said about those very "birth PANGS" in Matt24:4-8 [esp v.4 as the INITIAL one] and Mk13:5-8 [esp v.5 as the INITIAL one] [/Lk21:8-11 (plural) described]), the INITIAL "birth PANG [SINGULAR]" (OF THOSE) being at the DOTL's ARRIVAL; you are disconnecting the connection, however... and choosing rather to [incorrectly] relocate the arrival of "the day of the Lord" at the Matt24:29-31 [/Rev19] time-slot instead. This is to disregard what Scripture itself informs.
The beginning of sorrows
is not the Lords Day.
Remember
the sun went dark when Jesus was crucified? THE birth of a new 'age'.
The sun and moon will
go DARK LIKE SACKCLOTH when the trib of Satan begins another new 'age' (season really)
The sun and moon
go dark again signaling another change 'the Lords day'
Will it be like it was when Christ gave up the ghost? Or is it a different kind of going dark? I know if I wake up one day and the worlds electricity has shut down, I would consider that a dark day. I know that what ever happens I will 'know it then' even though I don't know it now.
The birth pang or pangs (doesn't matter much some birth with no pangs at all and some last for days and we aren't told of a timing that I am aware of) just tells us a new age is being birthed. If it is an long process, I would think it would look like we SEE happening on the earth right now. For thousands of years time crawled along at the same basic pace. Then around 200 years ago a PANG. Once that first pang took place the changes started coming and and as time continued the changes were coming faster and faster until we went from albums to cds to mp3s to ??? (lost me at after cds). Now I live in a world I witnessed 'the changing of' yet now know nothing about. There is a new language, I don't speak it. I truly am not of this world. So who's world is it? I do know the good has been made evil and the evil good pretty much everywhere.
Once I hear of a big earthquake I am doing final prep for off the gird. WHY? I can read. I figure if God was going to go through the trouble to give me tomorrows news today, I was going to use it to my advantage.
BUT, the tribulation of SATAN who has but a short time IS NOT THE LORDS DAY. It is not the day of vengeance. It comes after. The final generation has got to choose sides because the final day 'the birth' is coming and that is when GODS JUDGMENT FALLS because everyone has chosen.
Every single person on the planet either has NO MARK or HAS A MARK. Either you possess a lamp still lit or your lamp has gone dark. You have either remained faithful or you have committed IDOLATRY. You are either a VIRGIN or you are 'with child'.
Either way the THE JUDGEMENT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THERE is not much to do in the way of opening up books to tell who is who. EVERY SOUL has made a choice. If GODS WRATH were to fall before that point WHO would it fall on. Not saying there wont be forces trying to persuade, just there will be no wrath from God before then.
I personally believe that GOD through the Holy Spirit will be more present than EVER and more than we can imagine. He will have sent the two witnesses and they will be performing miracles. So we will have Satan 'healing deadly wounds' along with lying signs and wonders giving life to the image and the two witnesses sending out plagues etc. AND the Holy Spirit will be speaking through those given up for their 10 day trial. So there will be a 'birthing' of sorts of a little bit of heaven and earth being combined at that time.
Day of the Lord. We know exactly when it arrives, we just don't know when that when is.
Revelation 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy
a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Those days are just about a week or so longer than the months so we know they come in the last 1/2 right before the war in heaven ends.
Revelation 11:13 And
the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation 11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
Revelation 11:15 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.
THAT IS WHAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT
1 Thessalonians 4:16 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.
AND THIS
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
8
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of HIS COMING
9 Even him,
whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
AND THIS
1 Corinthians 15:51 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.
AND THIS
........
and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn
Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion,
to give unto them beauty for ashes, the
oil of joy for mourning, the
garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness,
the planting of the LORD, THAT HE MIGHT BE GLORIFIED
4 And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
AND THIS TELLS YOU IT CAN'T START ANY SOONER THAN HIS RETURN
2 Peter 3:10
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 conversation 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?