The Day of the Lord

1 Timothy 4-5; 2 Thessalonians 4-5

“…for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, ‘Peace and safety,’ destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape…For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

1 Thessalonians 5:2, 3, 9

The day of the Lord is anticipated by those who have received salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ. It is the day of Christ’s second coming and the inauguration of the fullness of his “kingdom come” (Matthew 6:10). For those who have rejected the Gospel and attempted to find salvation in peace and safety, that day will be one of ultimate accountability before their Creator God.

Are we living with anticipation and hope for that day, or with fear and dread?

Until that day we have a mission and a message.

Are we clear what those are?

“Lord Jesus, I anticipate your return and yet I cry out to you for the many around me who don’t know you. Have mercy and pour out your Spirit on this generation that many might be saved.”