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.”
-This is obviously
not referring to the Rapture. This occurs much later.
1 Thessalonians 5:2 Context
1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
This may or may not be referring to the Tribulation that immediately follows the Rapture, but verses 4 and 5 seem to refer to being raptured out at some time previous to this. That day shall not overtake us.
There is probably more than one event encompassed by "Day of the Lord." I believe that it generally refers to the end times.
“so
Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many;( the account of the gospel )
and
unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”( his return )
Hebrews 9:28 KJV
“which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,
shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.”
Acts 1:11 KJV
“
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.”
Revelation 1:7 KJV
Everyone will know the day he returns
“But in those days,
after that tribulation, the
sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. And
then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
And then shall he
send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds,
from the uttermost part of the
earth to the uttermost part of
heaven.”
Mark 13:24-27 KJV
There is a harvest day for the world
“Another parable put he forth unto them, saying,
The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
The servants said unto him,
Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
He answered and said unto them,
He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
the field is the world;
the good seed are the children of the kingdom;
but
the tares are the children of the wicked one;
the enemy that sowed them is the devil;
the harvest is the end of the world; and the
reapers are the angels.
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire;
so shall it be in the end of this world.
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”
Matthew 13:24-30, 37-43 KJV
it’s not different events but different details of the same event . notice he doesn’t remove the wheat but comes and removes the chaff at the end when it’s harvest time and gathers the wheat at that time it’s only a single event it will end this world nd usher in the new
We will all be perfectly aware it this happens before we pass through
“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: 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.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
that only applies for the last generation when the world ends with his return before that when we pass through this body and our flesh dies we’re going to be the elect he gs thy earth from heaven in the end and brings with him Because we are t the dead in Christ but the living
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