In
the day of Christ (εἰς
ἡμέραν Χριστοῦ)
Lit.,
against
the day, as Php_1:10. The phrase day
of
Christ
is peculiar to this epistle. The usual expression is day
of
the
Lord.
day
of Christ. The some expression in Php_2:16.
Compare Php_1:6 and 1Co_1:8; 1Co_5:5., 2Co_1:14. 2Th_2:2, where see
note.
the
day:
Php_1:10; 1Co_1:8; 2Pe_3:10 (Day of the Lord).
Some
teach that the Day of Christ is the rapture caught up in the air and
the Day of the Lord is the Second Coming the last ten days before
Armageddon.
Dictionary
Definitions: Unger's Day of Christ: This is the period connected with
reward and blessing of saints at the coming of Christ for his own. JA
note: i.e. Caught up in the air (I Thess 4:17) on the Day of Trumpet
(Lev 23:24-25; Matt 24:31; I Cor 15:52; I Thess 4:16-18; Rev 12:1;
Rabbinic or Biblical) one year in advance (Deut 24:5; Jhn
6:39,40,44,54; Isa 34:8; 61:1-2; 63:4; Psalms 117-118) of the Day of
Atonement Armageddon (Rev 14:20ff; Rev 15; Rev 16/19).
The expression
occurs in I Cor 1:8; 5:5; 2 Cor 1:14; Phil 1:6, 10; 2:16. In 2 Thess
2:2 the KJV has the day of Christ incorrectly for the Day of the
Lord. The Day of Christ is not the Day of the Lord. The latter (Day
of the Lord) is connected with earth judgments (Rev 4:1-19:16), which
will come after the out-taking of the church, the Body of Christ, and
its glorification and judgment for works at the judgment seat of
Christ. The Day of the Lord (Isa 2:12; Rev 19:11-21) cannot occur
until after the church is completed (2 Thess 2:2-12).
Dictionary of the
Bible does not have the Day of Christ but only has the Day of the
Lord, the Day of Yahweh.
Wycliffe Bible
Dictionary. The expression occurs in I Cor 1:8; 5:5; 2 Cor 1:14; Phil
1:6, 10; 2:16. It looks more to a moment of time than to a period of
time, the moment when believers meet the Lord (in the air). It is
that climatic time when the Church's pilgrimage is finished and she
is joined to her Lord. It is related to believers only, and is
associated with blessing, not judgment as is the Day of the Lord.
Day
of God. Found only in II Pet 3:12: “ Looking for and hasting unto
the coming of the day of God (Day of the Lord), wherein the heavens
being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shell melt with
fervent heat.” It is identified by some with “the Day of the
Lord” spoken of in Isa 2:12-21; 13:6,9; 24-27 (cf Jer 46:10; Ezk
30:3; Joel 1:15; 2:1, 11; 3:14; Amos 5:18-20; Ob 15; Zeph 1:7, 14;
Zech 14:1; Joel 2:28-32; I Thess 5:1-2; II Thess 2:2; II Pet 3:10).
It starts with the events which immediately precede the second coming
of Jesus Christ and continues through the Millennium on till the
creation of the new heavens and the new earth. That its duration is
at least a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
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