For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up-and it shall be brought low.
Isaiah 2:12 ESV

Last night in our study on Revelation, we studied the contrast between the Lord’s Day and the Day of the Lord. I think this is something we all need to understand, and it definitely bears repeating.

The Lord’s Day is a term we use oftentimes to speak of Sunday or the Sabbath day. What is interesting about this is if we are Christians every day of our lives should be the Lord’s Day. It should be a day where we focus on Him and give Him glory, honor, and praise in all we do.

If we live our lives making every day the Lord’s Day, we will fare well in the Day of the Lord. The Day of the Lord is a term used in the Bible which encompasses the period of time from the rapture through the tribulation and the Millennial Reign.

According to biblestudy.org, the term, “The Day of the Lord” is used 31 times in the King James Bible, 26 times in the Old Testament and 5 times in the New Testament.

In the Day of the Lord, God’s wrath is going to pour out on all unrepentant sinners. Our Scripture passage is the first time the term is used in the Old Testament. It tells us that God has a day where He is going to bring the proud and lofty down low. In James 4:10 it says, “Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will exalt you.”

We are told that the Day of the Lord will come upon us like a thief in the night (1 Thessalonians 5:2, 2 Peter 3:10). It will be a day of God’s wrath. Isaiah 13:9 says, “Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger, to make the land a desolation and to destroy its sinners from it.” Zephaniah 1:14 says, “The great day of the LORD is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the LORD is bitter; the mighty man cries aloud there.”

For those who are truly saved, the rapture will be a wonderful thing. We anxiously await the coming Millennial Kingdom. For those who are not truly saved, however, this will be a sad, terrifying time.

If you want to fare well in the Day of the Lord, make every day on earth the Lord’s Day. Use every day you have right now to honor the Lord. Do and say the things that honor Him and give Him glory and praise.  In Philippians 1:9-11 Paul writes, “And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment, so that you can approve the things that are superior and can be pure and blameless in the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.”

We are to honor the Sabbath and keep it holy, it’s one of the Ten Commandments. But each and every day our focus should be on Jesus Christ. It’s going to be all about Him when we get to heaven, so we may as well practice for that now.

Make every day the Lord’s Day so you can eagerly anticipate the Day of the Lord. Remember, this is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it (Psalms 118:24).

Have a great day!