Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Theme · eschatological

Day of the Lord

The prophets speak of a coming day when God will act decisively in history. Amos warns that it will be darkness, not light, for those who presume on God's favor. Isaiah, Joel, Zephaniah, and Malachi all elaborate the theme: a day of cosmic upheaval, divine warfare, and final reckoning. But the Day of the Lord is also a day of restoration for the faithful remnant. The New Testament identifies Jesus's death and resurrection as the decisive turning point, while looking forward to a final Day when he returns. Peter urges holy living in light of the day when the elements will be dissolved and a new world emerges.

Passages expressing this theme

  • 1Cor 1:8 — Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1Thess 5:2 — For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
  • 2Pet 3:10 — 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
  • 2Thess 2:2 — 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.
  • Acts 2:20 — The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
  • Amos 5:18 — 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 5:20 — Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
  • Ezek 30:3 — For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
  • Isa 2:12 — For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
  • Isa 13:6 — Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
  • Isa 13:9 — 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.
  • Joel 1:15 — Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
  • Joel 2:1 — Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
  • Joel 2:11 — And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
  • Joel 2:31 — The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
  • Joel 3:14 — Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
  • Mal 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i
  • Mal 4:5 — Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
  • Obad 1:15 — For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
  • Rev 6:17 — For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
  • Zech 14:1 — Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
  • Zeph 1:7 — Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
  • Zeph 1:14 — The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
  • Zeph 1:15 — That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,