The Day of The Lord - Yom HaShem
By Hillel
ben David (Greg Killian)
I want to determine the
"who", "what", "where", and "why".
Please help me see if we can, first, find a "foundation" in the
Torah.
We
first see "Yom HaShem" in:
Genesis 15:12-21 As the sun
was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a
thick and dreadful darkness came over him. Then HaShem said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be
strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. But I will punish the nation they
serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. You,
however, will go to your fathers in peace and be
buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation your descendants will come
back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached
its full measure." When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking
firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. On that day
HaShem made a covenant with Abram and said,
"To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the
great river, the Euphrates-- The land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites,
Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites."
Exodus 12:48-51 "An alien
living among you who wants to celebrate HaShem's Passover
must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the
land. No uncircumcised male may eat of it. The same law
applies to the native-born and to the alien living among you." All the
Israelites did just what HaShem had commanded Moses and Aaron. And on that very
day HaShem brought the Israelites out of Egypt
by their divisions.
Exodus 19:3-11 Then Moses went up to God, and HaShem
called to him from the mountain and said, "This is what you are to say to
the house of Jacob and what you are to tell the
people of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I
carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now if you obey me
fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.
Although the whole earth is mine, You will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are
to speak to the Israelites." So Moses went back and summoned the elders of
the people and set before them all the words HaShem had commanded him to speak.
The people all responded together, "We will do everything HaShem has
said." So Moses brought their answer back to HaShem. HaShem said to Moses,
"I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear
me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you." Then Moses
told HaShem what the people had said. And HaShem said to Moses, "Go to the
people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash
their clothes And be ready by the third day, because on that day HaShem
will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
So,
do we have anything that comes of looking at just the two
Hebrew words?
Isaiah 2:12-21 HaShem Almighty has a day in store for
all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled), For
all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and all the oaks of Bashan, For all
the towering mountains and all the high hills, For every lofty tower and every
fortified wall, For every trading ship and every stately vessel. The arrogance
of man will be brought low and the pride of men humbled; HaShem
alone will be exalted in that day, And the idols will totally disappear. Men
will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from dread of HaShem
and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth. In that day
men will throw away to the rodents and bats their idols of silver and idols of
gold, which they made to worship. They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to
the overhanging crags from dread of HaShem and the splendor of his majesty,
when he rises to shake the earth.
WHO:
FROM: The
Lord Almighty.
TO: Proud,
lofty, and idolatrous men.
WHAT:
The earth will shake.
Idols
will totally disappear.
The Lord will be
exalted.
WHEN:
The Lord has a day.
WHERE:
Men will flee to caves and holes.
WHY: The dread of the Lord.
Revelation 6:12-17 I watched as he opened the sixth
seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun
turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the
whole moon turned blood red, And the stars in the sky fell to
earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when
shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a scroll,
rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. Then the
kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every
slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They
called to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the
face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the
great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?"
WHO:
FROM: The
One who sits on the throne and the Lamb.
TO: All
men whether great or small.
WHAT:
A great earthquake.
The sun turned black
like sackcloth.
The whole moon turned blood
red.
The stars fell to the
earth.
The sky was rolled up
like a scroll.
Every mountain and
island was moved.
WHEN:
The great day of the wrath of
Him who sits on the throne and the Lamb.
WHERE:
Men will flee to caves and among
the rocks.
WHY:
The wrath of Him who sits on the throne and the Lamb.
Isaiah 13:1-13 An oracle concerning Babylon that
Isaiah son of Amoz saw: Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon
to them to enter the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my holy ones; I
have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath--those who rejoice in my
triumph. Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together! HaShem
Almighty is mustering an army for war. They come from faraway lands, from the
ends of the heavens--HaShem and the weapons of his
wrath--to destroy the whole country. Wail, for the day of HaShem is near;
it will come like destruction from the Almighty. Because of this, all hands
will go limp, every man's heart will melt. Terror will seize them, pain and
anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look
aghast at each other, their faces aflame. See, the day of HaShem is coming--a cruel day, with wrath and fierce
anger--to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it. The stars
of heaven and their constellations will not show
their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the
moon will not give its light. I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put
an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the
ruthless. I will make man scarcer than pure gold, more rare than the gold of
Ophir. Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth will shake from
its place at the wrath of HaShem Almighty, in the day of his burning anger.
WHO:
FROM: The
Lord Almighty
TO: Babylon.
WHAT:
To make the land desolate.
To destroy sinners.
The stars of heaven and
their constellations will not give light.
The rising sun will be
darkened.
The moon will not give
its light.
Man will become more
scarce than pure gold.
The earth will shake
from its place.
The heavens will
tremble.
WHEN: The Day of the Lord. (Yom HaShem).
WHERE: The heavens and the earth.
WHY: Because of sin.
Jeremiah 6:21-26 Therefore this is what HaShem says:
"I will put obstacles before this people. Fathers and sons alike will
stumble over them; neighbors and friends will perish." This is what HaShem
says: "Look, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great
nation is being stirred up from the ends of the earth. They are armed with
bow and spear; they are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring
sea as they ride on their horses; they come like men in battle formation to
attack you, O Daughter of Zion." We have heard reports about them, and our
hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.
Do not go out to the fields or walk on the roads, for the enemy has a sword,
and there is terror on every side. O my people, put on sackcloth and roll in
ashes; mourn with bitter wailing as for an only
son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
WHO:
FROM: The
Lord
TO: This
people.
Daughter of Zion.
My people.
WHAT: A great nation is comming to wage
war.
WHEN:
WHERE: From the north.
WHY:
Jeremiah 50:41-43 "Look! An army is coming from the
north; a great nation and many kings are being stirred up from the ends of the
earth. They are armed with bows and spears; they are cruel and without mercy.
They sound like the roaring sea as they ride on their horses; they come like
men in battle formation to attack you, O Daughter of Babylon. The king of
Babylon has heard reports about them, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has
gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.
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Isaiah 34:1-10 Come near, you nations, and listen; pay
attention, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world,
and all that comes out of it! HaShem is angry with
all nations; his wrath is upon all their armies. He will totally destroy them,
he will give them over to slaughter. Their slain will be thrown out, their dead
bodies will send up a stench; the mountains will be
soaked with their blood. All the stars of the heavens will be dissolved and the
sky rolled up like a scroll; all the starry host
will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like shriveled figs from the fig tree. My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
see, it descends in judgment on Edom, the people I have totally destroyed. The
sword of HaShem is bathed in blood, it is covered with fat--the blood of lambs
and goats, fat from the kidneys of rams. For HaShem has a sacrifice in Bozrah
and a great slaughter in Edom. And the wild oxen will
fall with them, the bull calves and the great bulls. Their land will be
drenched with blood, and the dust will be soaked with fat. For HaShem has a day
of vengeance, a year of retribution, to uphold Zion's cause. Edom's streams will
be turned into pitch, her dust into burning sulfur; her land will become
blazing pitch! It will not be quenched night and day; its smoke will rise
forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever
pass through it again.
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Revelation 6:12-14 I watched as he opened the sixth
seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth
made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, And
the stars in the sky fell to earth, as late figs drop
from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The sky receded like a scroll,
rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
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Jeremiah 30:4-11 These are the words HaShem spoke
concerning Israel and Judah: "This is what HaShem says: "'Cries of
fear are heard--terror, not peace. Ask and see: Can a man bear children? Then
why do I see every strong man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in
labor, every face turned deathly pale? How awful that day will be! None will be
like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,
but he will be saved out of it. "'In that day,' declares HaShem
Almighty, 'I will break the yoke off their necks and will tear off their bonds;
no longer will foreigners enslave them. Instead, they will serve HaShem their
God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them. "'So do not fear,
O Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, O Israel,'
declares HaShem. 'I will surely save you out of a
distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again
have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid. I am with you and
will save you,' declares HaShem. 'Though I completely destroy all the nations among
which I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you
but only with justice; I will not let you go entirely unpunished.'
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Ezekiel 30:2-5 "Son of man, prophesy and say:
'This is what the Sovereign HaShem says: "'Wail and say, "Alas for
that day! For the day is near, the day of HaShem is near--a day of
clouds, a time of doom for the nations A sword will come against Egypt, and
anguish will come upon Cush. When the slain fall in Egypt, her wealth will be
carried away and her foundations torn down. Cush and Put, Lydia and all Arabia,
Libya and the people of the covenant land will fall
by the sword along with Egypt.
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Joel 1:15 - 2:21 Alas for that day! For the day of HaShem is near; it will come
like destruction from the Almighty Has not the food been cut off before our
very eyes--joy and gladness from the house of our God? The seeds
are shriveled beneath the clods. The storehouses are in ruins, the granaries
have been broken down, for the grain has dried up. How the cattle moan! The
herds mill about because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are
suffering. To you, O HaShem, I call, for fire has devoured
the open pastures and flames have burned up all the trees of the field. Even
the wild animals pant for you; the streams of water have dried up and fire has
devoured the open pastures. Blow the trumpet in Zion;
sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the
day of HaShem is coming. It is close at hand-- A day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large
and mighty army comes, such as never was of old nor ever will be in ages to
come. Before them fire devours, behind them a flame blazes. Before them the
land is like the garden of Eden, behind them, a desert waste--nothing escapes
them. They have the appearance of horses; they gallop along like cavalry. With
a noise like that of chariots they leap over the mountaintops, like a crackling
fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army drawn up for battle. At the sight of
them, nations are in anguish; every face turns pale. They charge like warriors;
they scale walls like soldiers. They all march in line, not swerving from their
course. They do not jostle each other; each marches straight ahead. They plunge
through defenses without breaking ranks. They rush upon the city; they run
along the wall. They climb into the houses; like thieves they enter through the
windows. Before them the earth shakes, the sky trembles, the sun and moon are darkened,
and the stars no longer shine. HaShem
thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty are
those who obey his command. The day of HaShem is great; it is dreadful.
Who can endure it? 'Even now,' declares HaShem, 'return to me with all your
heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning.' Rend your heart and not your garments.
Return to HaShem your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger
and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity. Who knows? He may
turn and have pity and leave behind a blessing--grain offerings and drink
offerings for HaShem your God. Blow the trumpet in
Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly. Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring
together the elders, gather the children, those nursing at the breast. Let the
bridegroom leave his room and the bride her chamber. Let the priests, who
minister before HaShem, weep between the temple porch
and the altar. Let them say, 'Spare your people, O HaShem. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the
nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?' Then
HaShem will be jealous for his land and take pity on his people. HaShem will
reply to them: 'I am sending you grain, new wine and oil, enough to satisfy you
fully; never again will I make you an object of scorn to the nations. 'I will
drive the northern army far from you, pushing it into a parched and barren
land, with its front columns going into the eastern sea and those in the rear
into the western sea. And its stench will go up; its smell will rise.' Surely
he has done great things.
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Joel 2:28- 3:36 'And afterward, I will pour out my
Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on
my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. I
will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth,
blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be
turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and
dreadful day of HaShem. And everyone who calls on the name of HaShem will
be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as HaShem has said,
among the survivors whom HaShem calls. 'In those days and at that time, when I
restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all nations and
bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment
against them concerning my inheritance, my people
Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land. They
cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for
wine that they might drink. 'Now what have you against me, O Tyre and Sidon and
all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have done? If
you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads
what you have done. For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my
finest treasures to your temples. You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to
the Greeks, that you might send them far from their homeland. 'See, I am going
to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them, and I will return on
your own heads what you have done. I will sell your sons and daughters to the
people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away.'
HaShem has spoken. Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the
warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack. Beat your plowshares
into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, 'I am
strong!' Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there.
Bring down your warriors, O HaShem! 'Let the nations be roused; let them
advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the
nations on every side. Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample
the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow--so great is their
wickedness!' Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day
of HaShem is near in the valley of decision. The sun and moon will be
darkened, and the stars no longer shine. HaShem will roar from Zion and
thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will tremble. But HaShem will be
a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
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Acts 2:14-21 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven,
raised his voice and addressed the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who
live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These
men are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning! No, this is
what was spoken by the prophet Joel: "'In the last days, God says, I will
pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your
young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my
servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they
will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth
below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the
Lord. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.'
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Revelation 8:12-13 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet,
and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the
stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without
light, and also a third of the night. As I watched, I heard an eagle that was
flying in midair call out in a loud voice: "Woe! Woe! Woe to the
inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by
the other three angels!"
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Amos 5:18-20 Woe to you who long for the day of HaShem!
Why do you long for the day of HaShem? That day will be darkness, not light It
will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he
entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite
him. Will not the day of HaShem be darkness, not light--pitch-dark,
without a ray of brightness?
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Obadiah 1:15-17 "The day of HaShem is near
for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will
return upon your own head Just as you drank on my holy hill, so all the
nations will drink continually; they will drink and drink and be as if they had
never been. But on Mount Zion will be deliverance; it will be holy, and the
house of Jacob will possess its inheritance.
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Jeremiah 25:15-38 This is what HaShem, the God of Israel,
said to me: "Take from my hand this cup filled with the wine of my
wrath and make all the nations to whom I send you drink it. When they drink
it, they will stagger and go mad because of the sword I will send among
them." So I took the cup from HaShem'S hand and made all the nations to
whom he sent me drink it: Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, its kings and
officials, to make them a ruin and an object of horror and scorn and cursing,
as they are today; Pharaoh king of Egypt, his attendants, his officials and all
his people, And all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz; all the
kings of the Philistines (those of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the people left
at Ashdod); Edom, Moab and Ammon; All the kings of Tyre and Sidon; the kings of
the coastlands across the sea; Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who are in distant
places; All the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who
live in the desert; All the kings of Zimri, Elam and Media; And all the kings
of the north, near and far, one after the other--all the kingdoms on the face
of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too. "Then
tell them, 'This is what HaShem Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get
drunk and vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword I will send
among you.' But if they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink, tell
them, 'This is what HaShem Almighty says: You must drink it! See, I am
beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears my Name, and will you indeed
go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon
all who live on the earth, declares HaShem Almighty.' "Now prophesy all
these words against them and say to them: "'HaShem will roar from on high;
he will thunder from his holy dwelling and roar mightily against his land. He
will shout like those who tread the grapes, shout against all who live on the
earth. The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth, for HaShem will bring
charges against the nations; he will bring judgment on all mankind and put the
wicked to the sword,'" declares HaShem. This is what HaShem Almighty says:
"Look! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is
rising from the ends of the earth." At that time those slain by HaShem
will be everywhere--from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be
mourned or gathered up or buried, but will be like refuse lying on the ground. Weep
and wail, you shepherds; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For your
time to be slaughtered has come; you will fall and be shattered like fine
pottery. The shepherds will have nowhere to flee, the leaders of the flock no
place to escape. Hear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of
the flock, for HaShem is destroying their pasture. The peaceful meadows will be
laid waste because of the fierce anger of HaShem. Like a lion he will leave his
lair, and their land will become desolate because of the sword of the oppressor
and because of HaShem'S fierce anger.
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Zephaniah 1:7 - 2:3 Be silent before the Sovereign HaShem,
for the day of HaShem is near. HaShem has prepared a sacrifice; he has
consecrated those he has invited On the day of HaShem'S sacrifice I will punish
the princes and the king's sons and all those clad in foreign clothes. On that
day I will punish all who avoid stepping on the threshold, who fill the temple
of their gods with violence and deceit. "On that day," declares
HaShem, "a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, wailing from the New
Quarter, and a loud crash from the hills. Wail, you who live in the market
district; all your merchants will be wiped out, all who trade with silver will
be ruined. At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who
are complacent, who are like wine left on its dregs, who think, 'HaShem will do
nothing, either good or bad.' Their wealth will be plundered, their houses
demolished. They will build houses but not live in them; they will plant
vineyards but not drink the wine. "The great day of HaShem is
near--near and coming quickly. Listen! The cry on the day of HaShem will be
bitter, the shouting of the warrior there. That day will be a day of wrath, a
day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and
gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, A day of shofar and battle cry against
the fortified cities and against the corner towers. I will bring distress on
the people and they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against
HaShem. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their entrails like filth.
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of
HaShem'S wrath. In the fire of his jealousy the whole world will be consumed,
for he will make a sudden end of all who live in the earth." Gather
together, gather together, O shameful nation, Before the appointed time arrives
and that day sweeps on like chaff, before the fierce anger of HaShem comes upon
you, before the day of HaShem'S wrath comes upon you. Seek HaShem, all you
humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek
humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of HaShem'S anger.
Sheltered
not removed...
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Zechariah 14:1-5 A day of HaShem is coming when
your plunder will be divided among you I will gather all the nations to
Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked,
and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the
people will not be taken from the city. Then HaShem will go out and fight
against those nations, as he fights in the day of battle. On that day his feet
will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives
will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of
the mountain moving north and half moving south. You will flee by my mountain
valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the
earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then HaShem my God will come,
and all the holy ones with him.
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Malachi 4:1-6 "Surely the day is coming;
it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be
stubble, and that day that is coming will set them on fire," says HaShem
Almighty. "Not a root or a branch will be left to them. But for you who
revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings.
And you will go out and leap like calves released from the stall. Then you will
trample down the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the
day when I do these things," says HaShem Almighty. "Remember the law
of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel. "See,
I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of
HaShem comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and
the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the
land with a curse."
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Luke 1:13-17 But the angel said to him: "Do not
be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear
you a son, and you are to give him the name John. He will be a joy and delight
to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, For he will be great in the
sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he
will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth. Many of the people of
Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. And he will go on before
the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the
fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the
righteous--to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."
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Matthew 11:7-15 As John's disciples were leaving, Yeshua
began to speak to the crowd about John: "What did you go out into the
desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A
man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings'
palaces. Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more
than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written: 'I will send my
messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' I tell you the
truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John
the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. From
the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been
forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it. For all the Prophets and
the Law prophesied until John. And if you are willing to accept it, he is
the Elijah who was to come. He who has ears, let him hear.
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Mark 9:11-13 And they asked him, "Why do the
teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?" Yeshua replied,
"To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why
then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected? But I
tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they
wished, just as it is written about him."
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Matthew 24:1-51 Yeshua left the temple and was walking
away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. "Do
you see all these things?" he asked. "I tell you the truth, not one
stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down." As Yeshua
was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately.
"Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be
the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" Yeshua answered:
"Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name,
claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and
rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must
happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various
places. All these are the beginning of birth pains. "Then you will be
handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all
nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will
betray and hate each other, And many false prophets will appear and deceive many
people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
But he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom
will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the
end will come. "So when you see standing in the holy place 'the
abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let
the reader understand-- Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let
no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. Let
no one in the field go back to get his cloak. How dreadful it will be in those
days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will not
take place in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great distress,
unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled
again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the
sake of the elect those days will be shortened. At that time if anyone says to
you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. For
false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and
miracles to deceive even the elect--if that were possible. See, I have told you
ahead of time. "So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,'
do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. For as
lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the
coming of the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will
gather. "Immediately after the distress of those days 'the sun will be
darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the
sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' "At that time the sign of
the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will
mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power
and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they
will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the
other. "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get
tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you
see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you
the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things
have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass
away. "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven,
nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be
at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah
entered the ark; And they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood
came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of
Man. Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two
women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. "Therefore
keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But
understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the
thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be
broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an
hour when you do not expect him. "Who then is the faithful and wise
servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to
give them their food at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whose
master finds him doing so when he returns. I tell you the truth, he will put
him in charge of all his possessions. But suppose that servant is wicked and
says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,' And he then begins to
beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. The master of
that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he
is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the
hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
I Corinthians 1:8 He will keep you strong to the end, so
that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Yeshua Christ
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I Corinthians 5:5 Hand this man over to Satan, so that
the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the
Lord.
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II Corinthians 1:14 As you have understood us in part, you
will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of
you in the day of the Lord Yeshua.
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I Thessalonians 4:13 - 5:8 Brothers, we do not want you to be
ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who
have no hope. We believe that Yeshua died and rose again and so we believe that
God will bring with Yeshua those who have fallen asleep in him. According to
the Lord's own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till
the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen
asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command,
with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead
in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will
be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And
so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these
words. Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, For
you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the
night. While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction
will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will
not escape. But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should
surprise you like a thief. You are all sons of the light and sons of the
day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us not be
like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. For those
who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But
since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and
love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
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II Peter 3:1-13 Dear friends, this is now my second
letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to
wholesome thinking. I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the
holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your
apostles. First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will
come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, "Where
is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on
as it has since the beginning of creation." But they deliberately forget
that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of
water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and
destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for
fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. But do
not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand
years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his
promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting
anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the
Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the
elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be
laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people
ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives As you look forward to the
day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction
of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with
his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of
righteousness.
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The heavens will disappear with a roar.
The elements will be destroyed by fire.
The earth and everything in it will be
laid bare. (Destroyed)
It appears that the new heavens and the
new earth will come shortly after the day of the
Lord.
Revelation 3:1-6 "To the angel of the church in
Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and
the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but
you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have
not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what
you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up,
I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They
will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes
will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the
book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels. He
who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
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The
day of the Lord will come like a thief for the wicked, but, those who are the
children of the light will not be surprised!
II Thessalonians 2:1-12 Concerning the coming of our Lord Yeshua
Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, Not to become
easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have
come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don't
let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the
rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to
destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is
called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God. Don't you
remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? And now you
know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. For the secret power of lawlessness is already at
work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken
out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Yeshua will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and
destroy by the splendor of his coming. The coming of the lawless one will be in
accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit
miracles, signs and wonders, And in every sort of evil that deceives those who
are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful
delusion so that they will believe the lie And so that all will be condemned
who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.
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The
rebellion comes before the day of the Lord.
The
man of lawlessness will be revealed before the day of the Lord.
The
man of lawlessness will be overthrown on the day of the Lord.
Revelation 1:9-11 I, John, your brother and companion in
the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Yeshua, was on
the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Yeshua. On
the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a
trumpet, Which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira,
Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea."
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