The Day of the Lord

Throughout the Bible there are references to the coming Day of the Lord.  Day can be used to reference a period in time, like the phrase "back in the day".  Understanding that Scripture was written by the Holy Spirit with precision, terms like day have precise meaning.  In Scripture, day can reference time periods with differing orders of magnitude, but the magnitudes are precise and not approximate.

Below, verses containing day references are loosely grouped by similar phrases.  The target time period of each reference should be uniquely inferred from individual context, and phrase-group may or may not have relevance.  Prophetic references in Scripture, like day, are often fractal and point to more than one scale of fulfillment.

 

 

The Day

Zec 14:1

Behold, the day of the LORD is coming,
And your spoil will be divided in your midst.

Zec 14:3

Then the LORD will go forth
And fight against those nations,
As He fights in the day of battle.

In That Day

Zec 14:4

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.

The Third Day

Hos 6:2

After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.

Luk 13:32

And He said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.’

In 1&2 Tim seems to a difference between latter times (1 Tim 4:1) and last days (2 Tim 3:1).