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, Day of Christ. Christianity. the day of the Second Coming.
Etymology
Origin of Day of the Lord
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English
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Every signal instance of his providential intervention in their affairs they called a Day of the Lord, a Coming of Jehovah, a Judgment from heaven.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
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
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 Charles Kingsley
Day of the Lord, 38, 48, 310, 311, 479. see also End.
From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by Ellen Gould Harmon White
The night is darkest before the morn, When the pain is sorest the child is born, And the Day of the Lord is at hand.
From The Measure of a Man by Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill
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