Sunday, December 4, 2016

The Day OF THE LORD

Joel 2:1-11

BLOW 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 (GOD Almighty) IS COMING, FOR IT IS AT HAND: A Day OF Darkness AND Gloominess, A Day OF Clouds AND Thick Darkness, LIKE The Morning Clouds SPREAD OVER The Mountains.  A People COME, Great AND Strong, THE LIKE OF WHOM HAS NEVER BEEN; NOR WILL THERE EVER BE ANY SUCH AFTER Them, EVEN FOR Many Successive Generations.

A FIRE DEVOURS BEFORE Them, AND BEHIND Them A FLAME BURNS; The Land IS LIKE The Garden OF Eden BEFORE Them, AND BEHIND Them A Desolate Wilderness; SURELY NOTHING Shall ESCAPE Them.  Their Appearance IS LIKE The Appearance OF Horses; AND LIKE Swift Steeds, SO They RUN.  WITH A NOISE LIKE Chariots OVER Mountaintops They LEAP, LIKE THE NOISE OF A Flaming Fire That DEVOURS The Stubble, LIKE A Strong People SET IN BATTLE ARRAY.

BEFORE Them, The People WRITHE IN PAIN; All Faces ARE Drained OF Color.  They RUN LIKE Mighty Men, They CLIMB The Wall LIKE Men OF War; EVERY ONE MARCHES IN FORMATION, AND They Do NOT Break Ranks.  They Do NOT Push One Another; EVERY ONE MARCHES IN His Own Column.  THOUGH They LUNGE BETWEEN The Weapons, They ARE NOT CUT DOWN.  They RUN TO AND FOR IN The City, They RUN ON The Wall; They CLIMB INTO The Houses, They ENTER AT The Windows LIKE A Thief.

The Earth QUAKES BEFORE Them, The Heavens TREMBLE; The Sun AND Moon GROW DARK, AND The Stars DIMINISH Their Brightness.  THE LORD (GOD Almighty) GIVES VOICE BEFORE HIS ARMY, FOR HIS CAMP IS VERY GREAT; FOR STRONG IS THE ONE, WHO EXECUTES HIS WORD.  FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) IS GREAT AND VERY TERRIBLE; Who CAN ENDURE IT?

Zephaniah 1:2-18

“I WILL UTTERLY CONSUME EVERYTHING, FROM The Face OF The Land,” SAYS THE LORD (GOD Almighty); “I WILL CONSUME Man AND Beast; I WILL CONSUME The Birds OF The Heavens, The Fish OF The Sea, AND The Stumbling Blocks ALONG WITH The Wicked.  I WILL CUT OFF Man, FROM The Face OF The Land,” SAYS THE LORD (GOD Almighty).”

“I WILL STRETCH OUT MY HAND AGAINST Judah, AND AGAINST All The Inhabitants OF Jerusalem.  I WILL CUT OFF EVERY TRACE OF Baal, FROM THIS PLACE, The Names OF The Idolatrous Priests WITH The Pagan Priests, Those Who Worship The Host OF Heaven (The Sun, The Moon, and The Stars) ON The Housetops; Those Who WORSHIP AND SWEAR OATH, BY THE LORD, BUT, Who ALSO SWEAR By Milcom; Those Who HAVE TURNED BACK FROM FOLLOWING THE LORD, AND HAVE NOT SOUGHT THE LORD, NOR INQUIRED OF Him (GOD Almighty).”

BE SILENT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD GOD; FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD IS AT HAND, FOR THE LORD HAS PREPARED A SACRIFICE; He HAS INVITED His Guests.

“AND IT SHALL BE, IN THE DAY OF THE LORD’s SACRIFICE, THAT I WILL PUNISH The Princes AND The King’s Children, AND ALL SUCH, AS ARE Clothed WITH Foreign Apparel.  IN THE SAME DAY, I WILL PUNISH ALL Those Who LEAP OVER The Threshold, Who FILL Their Masters’ Houses WITH Violence AND Deceit.”

“AND THERE SHALL BE, ON THAT DAY,” SAYS THE LORD (GOD Almighty), “The SOUND OF A Mournful Cry FROM The Fish Gate, A Wailing FROM The Second Quarter, AND A Loud Crashing FROM The Hills.  WAIL, YOU Inhabitants OF Maktesh!  FOR ALL The Merchant People ARE CUT DOWN; ALL Those Who Handle Money ARE CUT OFF.”

“AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, AT THAT TIME, That I (GOD Almighty) WILL SEARCH Jerusalem WITH LAMPS, AND PUNISH The Men, Who ARE SETTLED IN Complacency, Who SAY IN Their Heart, ‘THE LORD (GOD Almighty) WILL NOT DO GOOD, NOR WILL He (GOD Almighty) DO Evil.’  Therefore, Their Goods Shall BECOME Booty, AND Their Houses A DESOLATION; They Shall BUILD Houses, BUT NOT Inhabit Them; They Shall PLANT Vineyards, BUT NOT Drink Their Wine.”

THE GREAT DAY OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) IS NEAR; IT IS NEAR AND HASTENS QUICKLY.  THE NOISE OF THE DAY OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) IS BITTER; THERE The Mighty Men SHALL CRY OUT.  THAT DAY IS A DAY OF WRATH, A DAY OF TROUBLE AND DISTRESS, A DAY OF DEVASTATION AND DESOLATION, A DAY OF DARKNESS AND GLOOMINESS, A DAY OF CLOUDS AND THICK DARKNESS, A DAY OF TRUMPET AND ALARM, AGAINST The Fortified Cities AND AGAINST The High Towers.

“I (GOD Almighty) WILL BRING DISTRESS UPON Men, AND They Shall WALK LIKE Blind Men, BECAUSE They HAVE SINNED AGAINST THE LORD (GOD Almighty); Their Blood Shall BE POURED OUT LIKE Dust, AND Their Flesh LIKE Refuse.”

NEITHER Their Silver NOR Their Gold Shall BE ABLE TO DELIVER Them, IN THE DAY OF THE LORD’s WRATH; BUT, The Whole Land Shall BE DEVOURED, BY THE FIRE OF HIS JEALOUSY, FOR He (GOD Almighty) WILL MAKE SPEEDY RIDDANCE OF ALL Those Who DWELL IN The Land.

Zechariah 12:1-9

THE BURDEN OF THE WORD OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) AGAINST Israel.  THUS SAYS THE LORD, WHO STRETCHES OUT The Heavens, LAYS The Foundation OF The Earth, AND FORMS The Spirit OF Man WITHIN Him (Mankind):  “Behold, I WILL MAKE Jerusalem A Cup OF Drunkenness TO All The Surrounding Peoples, WHEN They LAY SIEGE AGAINST Judah AND Jerusalem.  AND IT Shall HAPPEN, IN THAT DAY, THAT I WILL MAKE Jerusalem A VERY HEAVY STONE FOR All Peoples; All Who WOULD HEAVE IT AWAY WILL SURELY BE CUT IN PIECES, THOUGH All Nations OF The Earth ARE GATHERED AGAINST IT (Jerusalem).

IN THAT DAY,” SAYS THE LORD (GOD Almighty), “I WILL STRIKE EVERY Horse WITH CONFUSION, AND ITS Rider WITH MADNESS; I WILL OPEN MY EYES ON The House OF Judah, AND WILL STRIKE EVERY Horse OF The Peoples WITH BLINDNESS.  AND The Governors OF Judah Shall SAY IN Their Heart, ‘The Inhabitants OF Jerusalem ARE My Strength, IN THE LORD OF HOSTS, Their GOD.’  IN THAT DAY, I WILL MAKE The Governors OF Judah LIKE A FIREPAN IN The Woodpile, AND LIKE A FIERY TORCH IN The Sheaves; They Shall DEVOUR All The Surrounding Peoples ON The Right Hand AND ON The Left, BUT Jerusalem Shall BE INHABITED AGAIN, IN Her Own Place, Jerusalem.”

“THE LORD (GOD Almighty) WILL SAVE The Tents OF Judah FIRST, SO THAT THE GLORY OF The House OF David AND THE GLORY OF The Inhabitants OF Jerusalem Shall NOT Become Greater Than That OF Judah.  IN THAT DAY, THE LORD (GOD Almighty) WILL DEFEND The Inhabitants OF Jerusalem; The One Who IS FEEBLE AMONG Them, IN THAT DAY, Shall BE LIKE David, AND The House OF David Shall BE LIKE GOD, LIKE The Angel OF THE LORD BEFORE Them.  IT Shall BE, IN THAT DAY, THAT I (GOD Almighty) WILL SEEK TO DESTROY ALL The Nations THAT COME AGAINST Jerusalem.”

Zechariah 14:1-15

Behold, THE DAY OF THE LORD (GOD Almighty) IS COMING, AND Your Spoil WILL BE DIVIDED IN Your Midst.  FOR I WILL GATHER ALL The Nations TO BATTLE AGAINST Jerusalem; The City Shall BE TAKEN, The Houses RIFLED, AND The Women RAVISHED.  Half OF The City Shall GO INTO Captivity, BUT The Remnant OF The People Shall NOT BE CUT OFF FROM The City (Jerusalem).

THEN, THE LORD (GOD Almighty) WILL GO FORTH AND FIGHT AGAINST Those Nations, As He FIGHTS IN THE DAY OF BATTLE.  AND IN THAT DAY, His Feet WILL STAND ON The Mount OF Olives, WHICH FACES Jerusalem ON The East.  AND The Mount OF Olives Shall BE SPLIT IN TWO, FROM East TO West, MAKING A VERY LARGE VALLEY; Half OF The Mountain Shall MOVE TOWARD The North AND Half OF IT TOWARD The South.  THEN, YOU Shall FLEE, THROUGH MY MOUNTAIN VALLEY, FOR The Mountain Valley Shall REACH TO Azal.  YES, YOU Shall FLEE, AS YOU FLED FROM The Earthquake, IN The Days OF Uzziah, King OF Judah.  THUS, THE LORD My GOD WILL COME, AND ALL The Saints (Believers) WITH YOU.

IT SHALL COME TO PASS, IN THAT DAY, That There WILL BE NO Light; The Lights WILL Diminish.  IT Shall BE ONE DAY, WHICH IS KNOWN TO THE LORD (GOD Almighty), NEITHER Day NOR Night.  BUT AT EVENING TIME, IT Shall HAPPEN, THAT IT WILL BE LIGHT.

AND IN THAT DAY, IT Shall BE THAT LIVING WATERS Shall FLOW FROM Jerusalem, Half OF Them TOWARD The Eastern Sea AND Half OF Them TOWARD The Western Sea; IN BOTH Summer AND Winter IT Shall OCCUR.  AND THE LORD Shall BE King OVER ALL The Earth.  IN THAT DAY, IT Shall BE, “THE LORD IS ONE,” AND HIS NAME, ONE.

All The Land Shall BE TURNED INTO A Plain, FROM Geba TO Rimmon, South OF Jerusalem.  Jerusalem Shall BE RAISED UP AND INHABITED IN Her Place, FROM Benjamin’s Gate TO The Place OF The First Gate AD The Corner Gate, AND FROM The Tower OF Hananel TO The King’s Winepresses.  The People Shall DWELL IN IT; AND NO Longer Shall There BE Utter Destruction, BUT Jerusalem Shall Be SAFELY INHABITED.

AND THIS Shall BE THE PLAGUE, WITH WHICH, THE LORD WILL STRIKE All The People Who FOUGHT AGAINST Jerusalem: Their Flesh Shall DISSOLVE While They STAND ON Their Feet, Their Eyes Shall DISSOLVE IN Their Sockets, AND Their Tongues Shall DISSOLVE IN Their Mouths.  IT Shall COME TO PASS, IN THAT DAY, THAT A GREAT PANIC FROM THE LORD WILL BE AMONG Them.  EVERYONE WILL SEIZE the Hand OF His Neighbor, AND RAISE His Hand AGAINST His Neighbor’s Hand; Judah ALSO WILL FIGHT AT Jerusalem.  AND The Wealth OF All The Surrounding Nations Shall BE GATHERED TOGETHER: Gold, Silver, AND Apparel IN Great Abundance.  SUCH ALSO, Shall BE THE PLAGUE ON The Horse AND The Mule, ON The Camel AND The Donkey, AND ON All The Cattle That WILL BE IN Those Camps.  SO Shall THIS PLAGUE BE.

2 Peter 3:10-13

BUT, THE DAY OF THE LORD WILL COME AS A Thief IN The Night, IN WHICH, The Heavens WILL PASS AWAY WITH A GREAT NOISE, AND The Elements WILL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT; BOTH The Earth AND The Works THAT ARE IN IT, WILL BE BURNED UP.  Therefore, SINCE ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE DISSOLVED, What Manner OF Persons OUGHT YOU TO BE, IN Holy Conduct AND Godliness, LOOKING FOR AND HASTENING THE COMING OF THE DAY OF GOD (GOD Almighty), BECAUSE OF WHICH The Heavens WILL BE DISSOLVED, BEING ON FIRE, AND The Elements WILL MELT WITH FERVENT HEAT?  Nevertheless, We (Believers), ACCORDING TO His Promise, LOOK FOR New Heavens AND A New Earth.  IN WHICH RIGHTEOUSNESS DWELLS.

[See Also: Amos 5:16-27 AND Isaiah 2:5-22]

The Being Caught Up Together May Occur IN The Next Millisecond.  SO, There IS NO Time TO Waste, GET OUT There, Show YOU Care, AND Share The Gospel OF Jesus Christ.

“SUDDENLY, We (Believers) WILL BE NO MORE; FOR Jesus Christ HAS TAKEN Us!”

No comments:

Post a Comment