and waters (Gen. 1:6 -8) and creatures for firmament and waters; 3rd and 6th

days dry land (Gen. 1:24 -28) and creation for the earth.  In the same way we

find the week of the age purposes similarly subdivided.

Adam to

Abraham to

Christ to commencement

of the Millennium.

2,000 years.

2,000 years.

2,000 years.

6,000 years

The only 'assumption' being the last item.  But the horizon is crowded

with signs that the end is approaching.  Nebuchadnezzar's Image is all but

complete, the nations of the Middle East are lifting up their heads, and the

stage is being set for the great tribulation and the rise of the Man of Sin.

We are, however, only students of prophecy; we are not prophets and must be

prepared to find that some of our theories will need adjusting, and some will

have to be discarded.  We do believe, however, that all is in perfect

harmony, it is only our limited vision that prevents us from seeing 'the end

from the beginning' but that is the prerogative of God only.

Before considering the testimony of the Scriptures concerning the Day

of the Lord, we should remember that there is a period called 'man's day'.

Six is the number of man (see The Companion Bible, Appendix 10, or Number in

Scripture by Dr. E. W. Bullinger), and Paul refers to

the present system as 'man's day' in 1 Corinthians 4:3 (margin).  From Adam,

until the Coming of the Lord, man's day will run its course, ending in the

blasphemous assumption of the Man of Sin.  The awful conditions that will

obtain right up to the Second Advent, will not automatically cease as the

clock strikes the closing hour, for when the Lord returns, He comes to 'Make

War', and comes to 'Smite The Nations' and to 'Tread' the winepress of the

fierceness and wrath of Almighty God (Rev. 19:11 -15).  These are not symbols

of universal peace, although they do reveal how this peace will eventually be

accomplished.  It is the 'God of Peace', says the apostle, that shall 'bruise

Satan under our feet shortly' (Rom. 16:20).  If such Scriptures contradict

our theories what must we do?  Hold on to our wishful thinking?  Me genoito

'God forbid'.

Before examining the passages in the Old Testament that refer to 'the

day of the Lord' let us consider the reference to 'The Lord's day' in

Revelation 1:10:

'I came to be in spirit in the day of the Lord, and I heard behind me a

loud voice as of a trumpet' (Author's translation).

Verse 9 tells us that John came to be in Patmos for the word of God and

the testimony of Jesus; verse 10 tells us that he came to be in spirit in the

day of the Lord, and verse 11 completes the parallel by saying, 'what thou

seest, write in a book'.  The word and testimony were received by signs ('He

sent and signified', verses 1 and 2) in the isle called Patmos, and are

vitally connected with the statement 'in spirit in the day of the Lord'.

There are four occasions where John tells us that he was 'in spirit',

viz., Revelation 1:10, he became in spirit in the day of the Lord; 4:2, he

became in spirit, and saw the throne in heaven; 17:3, he is carried away into

a desert in spirit to see the woman sitting on the scarlet beast; 21:10, he

is carried away in spirit to see the Holy City.  When John is to be taken to

a desert or a mountain he is 'carried away in spirit', and when he is