What is the “awesome day of the LORD”, and what does it introduce?
Apparently, the “day of the LORD”, such as in Joel 2:31, is not understood. Per Joel 2:32, it will be when there will be those who “escape”, as in there will be “survivors whom the LORD calls”. Who are they that are referred to in Joel 2:32? It will be those “on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem”. And what is “Mount Zion”? Well Mount Zion is “My holy Mountain” (Isaiah 56:6), which is comprised of those “who keep from profaning the Sabbath, and holds fast My covenant”. And what is Zion instructed to do in Zechariah 2:7 and Revelation 18:4. Zion is instructed to “come out of her”, in one case, and to “escape” from the “daughter of Babylon” in the other. What is the reasoning for coming “out of her”? It is to escape from her “plagues” (Revelation 18:4).
Who are they escaping from. They are escaping from the “daughter of Babylon” who rides on the 7 headed “beast” (Revelation 17:1-3), which is the kingdom of the world. The world kingdoms, according to Daniel 2, are portrayed from Babylon through Rome, and the “great harlot” (Revelation 17:1) who rides on Rome, would be the Roman church, and her daughters, the Protestants.
What happens to those who do not “escape”? Well they drink from the wine of the wrath of God” (Revelation 14:10), for they carry the mark of the beast, which in this case would be the mark of the 7th head of the beast, Constantine, the Roman emperor who instituted the Roman church.
And what era is introduced by the “awesome day of the LORD”? Well that would be the millennium, whereas the “Lord of Lords” will rule the “nations” with a “rod of iron” (Revelation 19:15), and David will be the king of the “stick of Judah”, and the “stick of Israel”, in the land God gave to “Jacob” (Ezekiel 37:15-28).
Apparently, the “day of the LORD”, such as in Joel 2:31, is not understood. Per Joel 2:32, it will be when there will be those who “escape”, as in there will be “survivors whom the LORD calls”. Who are they that are referred to in Joel 2:32? It will be those “on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem”. And what is “Mount Zion”? Well Mount Zion is “My holy Mountain” (Isaiah 56:6), which is comprised of those “who keep from profaning the Sabbath, and holds fast My covenant”. And what is Zion instructed to do in Zechariah 2:7 and Revelation 18:4. Zion is instructed to “come out of her”, in one case, and to “escape” from the “daughter of Babylon” in the other. What is the reasoning for coming “out of her”? It is to escape from her “plagues” (Revelation 18:4).
Who are they escaping from. They are escaping from the “daughter of Babylon” who rides on the 7 headed “beast” (Revelation 17:1-3), which is the kingdom of the world. The world kingdoms, according to Daniel 2, are portrayed from Babylon through Rome, and the “great harlot” (Revelation 17:1) who rides on Rome, would be the Roman church, and her daughters, the Protestants.
What happens to those who do not “escape”? Well they drink from the wine of the wrath of God” (Revelation 14:10), for they carry the mark of the beast, which in this case would be the mark of the 7th head of the beast, Constantine, the Roman emperor who instituted the Roman church.
And what era is introduced by the “awesome day of the LORD”? Well that would be the millennium, whereas the “Lord of Lords” will rule the “nations” with a “rod of iron” (Revelation 19:15), and David will be the king of the “stick of Judah”, and the “stick of Israel”, in the land God gave to “Jacob” (Ezekiel 37:15-28).
