FINAL WARNING: Setting the Stage for Destruction
“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.