He says that the day of Christ, which he teaches is “our gathering unto Him”, begins with what-he-calls “the pre-tribulation rapture”.
Gal 4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture?
The Cunning Royal Jester does NOT say what the SCRIPTURE says about the the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our gathering together unto Him, and the day of Christ .... the TIMING of it:
2 Thess 2:1-3 Now we beseech you, brethren,
by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (What day? the day of Christ) shall not come,
except there come a falling away first,
and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Sunday night, September 19, 2010, the Cunning Royal Jester said, ‘Am I being clear enough with that? You and I are NOT going to experience the day of the LORD, but we ARE going to experience the day of CHRIST.’ According to the verses, he is wrong.
The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Thess 2:1) is the SAME as the coming of the Lord:
1 Thess 4:15-18, 5:1-11 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Thess 5:1 But of the times and the seasons (stay in the context .... the times and seasons of what? the times and seasons what he has been talking about, the times and seasons of the coming of the Lord, when the dead are raised and the alive are caught up in the clouds with them to meet the Lord and live together with Him), brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. (also see 2 Pet 3:10)
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them (2 Thess 1:7-10), as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day (what day? the day of the Lord) should overtake you as a thief. (Not because you have been 'raptured' more than 7 years earlier, but because God's wrath will be directed against His enemies, not against His saints - also see 2 Thess 1:7-10 and Rom 2:5-10)
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. (also see 1 Pet 4:7)
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep (these are the same people in verses 4:15-17), we should live together with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
The coming of the Lord (1 Thess 4:15) is the SAME as the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ (also 2 Thess 2:1, that we read at the beginning of this ‘Thought of the Day’):
1 Cor 1:7-8 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
The day of the Lord (1 Thess 5:2) is the SAME as the day of our Lord Jesus Christ:
8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The day of the Lord (1 Thess 5:2) is the SAME as the day of the Lord:
2 Peter 3:9-10 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise (the promise of His coming, 2 Pet 3:4 in the context), 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.
The Cunning Royal Jester said, 'If you don't want the rapture to be before .... then you need to REDEFINE the day of the Lord.”
Actually, GOD defined the day of the Lord in the Bible. We've been reading about it. But I will humor the Jester anyway, so here goes:
The day of the Lord = the day of our Lord Jesus Christ = the day of Christ.
The Jester is the one who needs to adjust his definition of the day of the Lord. He is the one who thinks there are 2 Jesus' .... he thinks the day of Christ is 7+ years before the day of the Lord.
Who will come on Who’s Day? The Lord Jesus Christ, Who is the Lord, Who is Christ .... will come on HIS day!
This is David Dowell saying, “Think about it!”
