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Is the day of Christ the same as the day of the Lord?
No, the day of Christ is part of the mystery information given to Paul, while the day of the Lord is part of prophecy information.
A good comparison is to place Peter's Acts chapter 3 verse 21 alongside Paul's Romans chapter 16 verse 25 and notice the obvious contrast.
Paul, in Romans chapter 16 verse 25, assures us that he preaches Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery, not prophecy.
So, being that the entire seven-year tribulation is a part of prophecy, we can be certain that the catching away of the church of the body of Christ will happen prior and not during or after those seven years.
The day of Christ offers comfort, 1 Thessalonians 4:18, while the day of the Lord offers wrath, Isaiah 13:9.
On the day of Pentecost, in Acts chapter 2, Peter makes reference to the day of the Lord when he quoted from Joel's prophecy.
Acts chapter 2 verses 19 and 21, Peter says, And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath, blood and fire and vapor of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come.
Isaiah spoke of it as well.
Isaiah 13:6, The day of the Lord is at hand. It shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Isaiah 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.
Now, not even one of the things Peter or Isaiah described have happened yet.
They're both still future events.
Our apostle Paul also mentions the day of the Lord and tells us that we have no need that he should even write to us about it.
1 Thessalonians chapter 5 verses 1 and 2, But of the times and the seasons ye have no need that I write unto you, for yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Now ask yourself this question.
Why would Paul have no need to tell us about the, quote, Times and the seasons, the day of the Lord?
Because we won't be here.
The catching away will occur first, meaning we will have already departed.
We need no doctrine, no instructions to endure through something we're not even going to be a part of.
Now, 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 verse 3, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, For when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape.
Notice here that Paul says peace and safety.
He's making reference to Daniel's 70th week, a time when the Antichrist will make a seven-year covenant but reneges halfway through and breaks it.
Also notice the word, they, and the word, them.
These two words denote that he's not talking about us.
However, in verse 9, he is talking about us.
1 Thessalonians 5:9, For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ.
The wrath is the time of Jacob's trouble and has nothing to do with the church, the body of Christ.
Here's what we read in Jeremiah chapter 30 verse 7, That day is great, so that none is like it. It is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
Jacob is the name God used for Israel when they were out of favor with him.
During the tribulation, the believing remnants of Israel will be saved.
Galatians 4:16, Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
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