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and being protected. And you’ll notice that these incidents are in the book of Daniel, the
prophetic book that gives information about the time of the Antichrist.
The time when Jesus is to return has been referred to as the ‘day of the Lord.’ So let’s look at
what that is.
“Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the
land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.” (Isaiah 13:9)
“For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies:
he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter … For it is the day
of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.”
(Isaiah 34:2, :8)
“Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the
Almighty shall it come.” (Joel 1:15)
“Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the
LORD is darkness, and not light.” (Amos 5:18)
“The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and
notable day of the Lord come:” (Acts 2:20)
“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.” (2 Peter 3:10)
“And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and
cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.” (Revelation 14:9)
The ‘day of the Lord’ is associated with His vengeance and wrath, and is most detailed in the
book of Revelation. This is the “last day” that Jesus talked about. God’s wrath is not meant for
His people– His Church. You can see this in 1 Thessalonians 5:9: “For God hath not appointed
us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.” Rev. 3:10 says: “Because thou hast
kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall
come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.” This is the time that Jesus will
return, before God’s wrath is brought upon the earth.
Even though we are given the seasons in time when the Rapture will occur, Jesus said in
Matthew 24:36: “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my
Father only.” However, the following portions of Scripture definitively illustrates the time frame
that the Rapture will take place, and to me, it can’t be any plainer.
“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out
of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the
spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the
whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I
come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk