BIBLE STUDY: CHAP.79 -- LENGTH OF THE DAY OF THE LORD

Chapter 79.
Length of the Day of the Lord
1. WHAT is the character of the "day of the Lord"?
"The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there. bitterly. ____________________." Zeph. 1:14,15.
2. Under which of the seven seals does this day begin?
"And I beheld ___________________________, and, lo, there was a great earthquake, . . . for ______________________; and who shall be able to stand?" Rev. 6:12-17.
3. What signs were to appear under this seal?
"The _____________________, and the __________________; and the ____________________unto the earth, even as a ___________________________, when she is shaken of a mighty wind." Verses 12, 13.
NOTE.-For dates and fulfilment of these signs, see chapters 68 and 69. The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 should not be confounded with that to take place under the seventh plague. Rev. 16:18.
4. Under which seal will the Lord come?
"And when He had __________________________, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." Rev. 8:1.
NOTE.-This silence in heaven is the result of Christ and the angels leaving heaven to come to this earth. See reading in Chapter 63. of this book.
5. With what is the day of wrath to open?
"And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the ___________________________________." Rev. 15:1.
NOTE.-These plagues immediately precede Christ's coming. See Rev. 16:12-15, and reading in chapter 66.
6. What great event will take place at Christ's coming?
"For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven: . . . and ____________________." I Thess. 4:16.
7. How long after this will the wicked dead be raised?
"But ____________________________________________." Rev. 20:5.
8. As they gather around the holy city, what will take place?
"And ___________________________________________." Verse 9.
9. What is this destruction called?
"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part, in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is ___________________." Rev. 21:8.
10. Unto what are the present heavens and earth reserved?
"But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved ___________________________________." 2 Peter 3:7.
NOTE.-When the fire from heaven destroys the wicked, the earth itself will also be burned and purified.
11. Does the day of the Lord include this burning day?
"But ________________________ will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the ________________________ _________________________ and the works that are therein shall be burned up." Verse 10.
NOTE.-The day of the Lord, therefore, begins with the seven last plagues and the coming of Christ, and continues for one thousand years, or till the wicked are destroyed, and the earth is renewed and given to the saints.
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