I Thessalonians 5:2

"For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night."


Now if you remember and reflect back on that last program, none of the verses that we looked up concerning the "The day of the Lord" came from Paul. Not one. They were all Old Testament, and as we come into the New Testament with regard to this coming day of judgment, I'm not quite ready to drop the day of the Lord just yet, so I'm going to wind it up in the first part of this half hour. I think I can cover the references for "The Day of Christ" in far less time. In Zechariah chapter 14 we have a reference that I wanted to use in regard of the coming judgment on the earth, the coming day of the wrath of God, when the Grace of God will have been lifted, and His wrath and vexation will come in, not just on the Nation of Israel, but upon the whole human race, from one end of the world to other.


Zechariah 14:1-3

"Behold the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; (this will be the battle of Armageddon) and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle."


Then that great 7-year period of the wrath and vexation and the vengeance of God will end with the event of verse 4