Assuming one believes in the modern day theology of "the end times", I have always had the same question. The "day of the Lord" is a day of judgement....
Psalm 2
...Now therefore, be wise, O kings;
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
Serve the Lord with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry,
And you perish in the way,
When His wrath is kindled but a little.
In Matthew 21, Jesus - The Chief Cornerstone - said:
43 “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. 44 And whoever falls on this Stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”
Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?
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 the Lord be darkness, not light—
pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?
“I hate, I despise your religious festivals;
your assemblies are a stench to me.
Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them.
Though you bring choice fellowship offerings,
I will have no regard for them.
Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
But let justice roll on like a river,
righteousness like a never-failing stream!
Amos 5
Psalm 51:16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, You will not despise.
"Woe to you who long
for the day of the Lord!
Why do you long for the day of the Lord?..."
Assuming one believes in the modern day theology of "the end times", I have always had the same question. The "day of the Lord" is a day of judgement....
Psalm 2
...Now therefore, be wise, O kings;
Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
Serve the Lord with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry,
And you perish in the way,
When His wrath is kindled but a little.
In Matthew 21, Jesus - The Chief Cornerstone - said:
43 “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. 44 And whoever falls on this Stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;
Philippians 3:20
Contradiction? Or harpazo?
Almighty God did not tolerate the fake religion and apostasy of His people.
What? No rapture?