Howl ye; for the day of the LORDis at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
The day of the Lord is near at hand and impending, a coming time of divine wrath and destructive judgment against the world's iniquity. It is the great final day of judgment when the Lord comes to meet the world at Christ's coming, the time of God's judgment and power in the approaching events of His coming. It shall come as a destruction from the Almighty upon the wicked, upon those unprepared to meet Him in peace.
It applies to the coming time of divine wrath in the seven last plagues before Christ's second coming. Its nearness brings consternation and terror to the wicked, filling them with fear as God's doom is declared upon them and bringing terror and ruin. All hands are left weak and every heart melting with fear, while the elements convulse.
The saints are protected and escape that trouble. The warning therefore calls Christians not to sleep but to help prepare people to stand in that day.
The day of the Lord is near at hand and impending, a coming time of divine wrath and destructive judgment against the world's iniquity. It is the great final day of judgment when the Lord comes to meet the world at Christ's coming, the time of God's judgment and power in the approaching events of His coming. It shall come as a destruction from the Almighty upon the wicked, upon those unprepared to meet Him in peace.
It applies to the coming time of divine wrath in the seven last plagues before Christ's second coming. Its nearness brings consternation and terror to the wicked, filling them with fear as God's doom is declared upon them and bringing terror and ruin. All hands are left weak and every heart melting with fear, while the elements convulse.
The saints are protected and escape that trouble. The warning therefore calls Christians not to sleep but to help prepare people to stand in that day.