Matthew 25 Rapture Blog

The Millennial Kingdom
Prophecy – Signs
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Jack Kinsella – Omega Letter Editor
www.omegaletter.com

According to Scripture, there are at least two remaining Dispensations of God between now and the destruction of universe and its replacement with the ‘new heavens’ and ‘new earth’ described by the Apostle Peter.

“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.” (2nd Peter 3:10)

Peter refers to this as the “Day of the Lord” and later, the “Day of God” ((2nd Peter 3:12). This is different than the “Day of Christ.” The “Day of Christ” is the day He returns for His Church at the Rapture.

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“Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.” (2nd Thessalonians 2:1-2)

While the “Day of Christ” refers to the ingathering of the Church at the Rapture and the Bema Judgment for rewards, the “Day of the Lord” refers to judgment for sin; judgment against the Gentile nations; judgment against unbelieving Israel and the final judgment at the Great White Throne.

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