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Originally Posted by CKG
In reading all of the verses that mention the "day of the Lord" or "that day" it appears the "day of the Lord" encompasses the 7 year tribulation period, the judgment of nations, the 1,000 year reign of Christ and finally the creating of the new heavens and earth.
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This is an interesting topic. There are verses in scripture where the context of the "day of the Lord" are both the Tribulation and the melting of the elements & new heavens and earth. It looks like it's a time period that could well last for 1000 or so years.
The Tribulation:
Malachi 4:5 Behold,
I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Elements melting, new heavens & earth:
2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that
one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But
the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and
the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of
the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for
new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.