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 is at hand, at hand, His storms roll up the sky; The nations sleep starving on heaps of gold, The dreamers toss and sigh.
From The Measure of a Man by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)
Even the voice of the Day of the Lord; The mighty man crieth there bitterly.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
Praise be to God that thou wert of the chosen, realized the Day of the Lord, heard the divine Call and attained the Light of Reality!
From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá
Author of "The Day of the Lord," etc.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 by Various
End of world, 37, 38, 662-678. see also Day of the Lord.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon
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