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Barclay has an interesting note: The Day of the Lord is a conception which runs all through the prophetic books of the Old Testament. The Jews saw time in terms of two ages— this present age , which is wholly bad and past remedy; and the age to come, which is the golden age of God. How was the one to turn into the other? The change could not come about by human effort or by a process of development, for the world was on the way to destruction. As the Jews saw it, there was only one way in which the change could happen; it must be by the direct intervention of God. The time of that intervention they called the Day of the Lord. It was to come without warning. It was to be a time when universe was shaken to its foundations. It was to be a time when the judgment and obliteration of sinners would come to pass and, therefore, it would be a time of terror. COMPARISON OF THREE DIVINE DAYS IN THE END TIMES OF THE LORD OF CHRIST OF GOD Extended period beginning after revealing of the Antichrist, including the Great Tribulation, Christ's triumphant Second Coming, the Millennium (1000 Reign of Christ on earth) terminating in the burning up of heavens and earth followed by the Great White Throne judgment. Occurs after the Rapture of the church, is most probably in heaven during the seven year period of Daniel's Seventieth Week and is associated with glorification and reward for believers (Note: details are sketchy on this day so avoid being too dogmatic) Follows the Millennium, the 1000 year reign of Christ and the cleansing of the heavens and the earth by fire preparatory to the eternal new heavens and new earth and Christ delivering the kingdom to God the Father. Multiple Scriptures (see chart above) Php 1:6-note Php 1:10-note Php 2:16-note 1Co 1:8, 5:5 2Pe 3:12-note, 1Co 15:24, 25, 26, 27, 28 John Phillips on Day of Christ versus Day of the Lord - The "day of Christ" is imminent; the "day of the Lord" can come only after numerous other things have prepared the way. The day of Christ is for the church; the day of the Lord is for the world. The day of Christ is primarily a day of joy; the day of the Lord is primarily a day of judgment. The day of Christ is the church's; the day of the Lord is the world's horror. Everything that Paul is now about to reveal is true of the Day of the Lord; none of it is true of the day of Christ. The day of Christ is the subject of the previous verse: "We beseech you, brethren, by the coming [parousia] of our Lord Jesus Christ..." (2Th 2:1). The Day of the Lord is the subject of this verse (2Th 2:3) and the teaching that follows. (Ibid) The Day of the Lord will occur suddenly and unexpectedly, like a theif, resulting in surprise and irreparable loss for those who are unprepared ("in the Ark" of Christ being the only "preparation") John