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Originally Posted by Esaias
You do not allow the Old Testament to properly inform your understanding. The apostles taught, and expected the listeners to verify what they taught from Scripture. Yet the only Scripture in existence was the Old Testament. Therefore, they would understand "day of the Lord" as the OT uses it, not as you use it, with a wholly new limited sense that cannot be proven by any means other than because you say so.
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Really?
How about being taught by the apostles?
How about Paul referring to the day of the Lord at least 8 times in context of what we call in modern times the "rapture"?
Or more Biblical, his coming for the saints? Peter uses it in exactly the same way in
2 Peter 3:10.
The day of the Lord coming like a thief is
LIMITED TO Jesus teaching about his coming. Peter's sole intent is to encourage his audience that tho the promise of
HIS COMING might seem.......to be taking a long time, it will come.
So its more important for us to understand Gods word as taught by Jesus himself, and his Apostles than modern mens interpretations!