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Revelation 1:9-10
In Greek, the words underlying “the Lord's Day” simply mean “a day belonging to the Lord.” In the Bible, what does “a day belonging to the Lord” refer to? Revelation 6:17, a few chapters later in the same book, specifies which day it is: “For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?” We know from the dozens of times a similar Hebrew phrase is used in the Old Testament that “the Lord's Day” or “the Day of the Lord” is not a single day but a period of God's judgment. Revelation 16:14 prophesies: For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. He is speaking about what is commonly called “the Battle of Armageddon” (verse 16), which occurs at the climax of the Day of the Lord, Christ's return. In Revelation 1, “the Lord's Day” is not a recurring day of the week. It is the day of God's wrath, the time of the decisive battle of God against His adversaries. So that he could write this book, Jesus miraculously projected John's mind into the time just before His return, a time called “the Lord's Day” or “the Day of the Lord.” That period of God's judgment is still to come, perhaps soon.
John W. Ritenbaugh
A Truth About Revelation 2 and 3
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