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Reframing the “Day of the Lord” as Personal Correction – 7/10/25.
“The Day of the Lord as Redemptive Spiritual Correction”:
🔥 Theme:
God’s judgment is not solely punitive—it’s redemptive, aimed at correction, restoration, and sanctification.
🔑 Key Concepts –
- Spiritual Exposure & Withdrawal:
- Willful sin leads to the loss of God’s Kingdom presence –
- Righteousness, peace, and joy (Heb 9:28 and Romans 14:17).
- The Second “Presence of Jesus” is the “Spiritual Second Coming of Christ”, Acts 3:20.
- Sinful Believers may experience a spiritual withdrawal or temporary separation (“Outer Darkness,” Matthew 8:12), seen as a corrective condition, not final condemnation.
- Departing from Jesus’ presence and into “Hell” in this context = exposure to the devil’s “spiritual presence”, not eternal damnation.
- Christ’s Purifying Role:
- Jesus acts as the Lion of Judah during this redemptive time in a Christians life, purging and “consuming the wickedness” from the Believer’s life and overseeing their spiritual refinement (Daniel 9:27; 2 Thessalonians 2:8).
- Jesus holds the Keys/authority over death and hell (Revelation 1:18) to ensure that this correction fulfills a redemptive purpose.
- Sheep and Goats (Matthew 25):
- Sheep = obedient believers entering the kingdom of God’s joy, Mt 25:21.
- Goats = disobedient believers facing separation and correction (Depart from Me), Mt 25:41. Joy is cut off, Joel 1:16.
- Repentance Restores:
- Imprisonment in spiritual darkness ends with genuine repentance (Matthew 5:26), restoring joy and communion.
- Sanctifying Discipline:
- Discipline is a sign of divine sonship (Hebrews 12:6-10).
- Produces righteousness and equips believers for deeper spiritual growth, 1 Corinthians 3:16 and 17.
- Parables of Judgment illustrate the “Day of the Lord” from the perspective of different Biblical authors:
- Daniel 9:27: Willful sin interrupts the confirmation of the covenant (Christian’s life of faith). Judgment follows the cessation of spiritual sacrifice (Confession), Heb 10:27.
- The phrase “sacrifice ceasing” means there is no sacrifice/confession of the “willful” sin to Jesus to obtain forgiveness, 1 Jn 1:9.
- The sin has become “willful.
- Willful sin leads to an expectation of judgment, referred to as the “Day of the Lord.”
- Matthew 25: Judgment is seen in the separation of the Sheep from the Goats based on their behavior.
- 2 Thessalonians 2: The fall of a believer into willful sin/wickedness leads to purification. This purification “consumes the wickedness” in the believer’s life if they maintain their faith (2 Thessalonians 2:8).
- Revelation 20: Jesus binds the devil during the obedient Christian life = first resurrection = millennium/thousand years = metaphor for spiritual obedience.
- The Thousand years ending/expiring (Telos, Strong’s #5055) = the release of satanic influence into the believer’s life to accomplish this refinement.
- Colossians 3:1: The resurrected life reflects a holy, obedient walk.
🌟 Takeaway:
The Day of the Lord portrays God’s judgment not as a final rejection, but as a transformative act of love guiding His people through discipline, repentance, and back into His presence and right-standing, where there is Fullness of Joy, Ps 16:11.
This entire process can be referred to as the grace of God, teaching Jesus’ followers to deny ungodliness, Titus 2:11-12.