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Summary
What is the “Day of the Lord” in the Bible, and how does it differ from the “Lord’s Day”? In this podcast episode, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick unpacks the biblical meaning of the Day of the Lord, describing it as God’s visitation in judgment—a recurring theme in both the Old and New Testaments. From the fall of Israel and Judah in ancient times to prophetic warnings of ultimate judgment, the Day of the Lord points to God’s justice throughout history and culminates in the final day when He will judge the living and the dead.
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Transcript
SUMMARY KEYWORDS
day, lord, speaks, typify, amos, dispossessed, old testament, thessalonians, judgment, israel, bc, god, assyria, northern kingdom, isaiah, thief, captivity, joel chapter, judah, violating
SPEAKERS
Wim Kerkhoff, Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick
Wim Kerkhoff 00:08
So what does the day of the Lord mean when used in the Bible?
Pastor Mike Kirkpatrick 00:19
It’s different than the Lord’s Day. The day of the Lord refers the day of the Lord’s visitation in judgment. And so there are many days of the Lord in the Old Testament, really kind of two primary ones. But they really typify and point ahead to the final day of judgment when God comes again. So you see the day of the Lord certainly in Isaiah 13. I think it’s in Joel 2. Amos 5, speaks about it. And others, I’m just forgetting some of them. But the New Testament speaks about it. 1 Thessalonians 5 and and 2 Peter 3. But in the Old Testament, it had to do with Israel violating the Old Covenant, and so God was going to visit them in judgment. And so the northern kingdom was dispossessed in 722 BC by Assyria. That was the day of the Lord for them, certainly with Amos, that’s what he’s speaking about. And then Joel is definitely speaking about when the south Jerusalem, the Judah, is taken in 586 BC, and the whole nation is then dispossessed and sent into captivity. But those all typify, I also think AD 70 is the day of the Lord as well. It’s putting judgment on Israel. But 1 Thessalonians 5 and 2 Peter 3, do speak to that final day when God will come again and it’ll come like he’ll come like a thief in the night and he will judge the living and the dead on that day. So the day of the Lord is the day of the Lord’s visitation in judgment.
