The Day of the LORD

John 8:56, our Lord said to the Jews, “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.”

1. THE DAY OF THE LORD CAN BE BOTH NEAR AND FAR.
   When we say that the day of the LORD can be both near and far, we are saying that it is both historical and eschatological.
   I Thess. 5:1-3; II Peter 3:10-12; Amos 5:18. Amos 9:11, 12; Acts 15:16, 17; Joel 2:31.

2. THE DAY OF THE LORD – NEAR
   God gave Israel time to repent (cf. 5:4, 6, 14, 15, etc.) but Israel would not repent. “Therefore…” (5:16) God's judgment had to come. It was unalterable because God is a holy God and He must judge sin.

3. THE DAY OF THE LORD – FAR
   They thought the day of the LORD meant deliverance for them despite the fact they were not right with God. They forgot that in order for God to deliver them they would first have to repent. Amos 5:18; 21-27.

We do not know how much time we have left so we must do our best to get the Gospel out to a lost world that is teetering on the brink of judgment.

The storm clouds of God's judgment are gathering.