Day of the Lord
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Also called Day of Yahweh. (in Old Testament theology) a day of final judgment.
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Also called Day of Jesus Christ. Also called Day of Christ,. Christianity. the day of the Second Coming.
Etymology
Origin of Day of the Lord
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English
Example Sentences
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The Day of the Lord, with its combination of Retribution and Salvation, was pictured in various ways and with some elaboration of detail.
From Judaism by Abrahams, Israel
Author of "The Day of the Lord," etc.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various
Day of the Lord, 38, 48, 310, 311, 479. see also End.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon
She afterwards went in her turn to warn Oliver Cromwell of the Day of the Lord that was coming upon him.
From A Book of Quaker Saints by Hodgkin, L. V. (Lucy Violet)
Self-Sacrifice, Daring, and Love,Haste to the battle-field, stoop from above, To the Day of the Lord at hand.
From Andromeda and Other Poems by Kingsley, Charles
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