Hello, John and Doves,
How long is the Day of the Lord? It is about 1,000 years long.
It is written,
8But
you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a
thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. 9The
Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think.
No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be
destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.
2 Peter 3:8-9 NLT
Again, it is written,
But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the
heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements
themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it
will be found to deserve judgment.
2 Peter 3:10 NLT
In one verse, you see the beginning of the 1,000 years—at the Rapture, and the end—spoken of in Revelation 20:11.
To get a new perspective on how long we’ve been waiting, we note that it is written,
After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
Hosea 6:2 ESV
Again, of Israel, it is written
A Sabbath-Rest for the People of God
1Therefore,
since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful
that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 2For
we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but
the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not
share the faith of those who obeyed.3Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said,
“So I declared on oath in my anger,
‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world. 4For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”5And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”
6Therefore
since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who
formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of
their disobedience, 7God
again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long
time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted:
“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts.”
8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
12For
the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged
sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and
marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13Nothing
in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and
laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Hebrews 4:1-13 NIV
~Blessings,
Mike