Transportation Into a Futuristic Period of Time
K.J.V., A.S.V., R.S.V. - "On the Lord's day"Greek text - (en th kuriakh hmera)
This could read "in the Lord's day" or "during the Lord's day" or on, in, or during the day of the Lord.
Two interpretations have developed as to the meaning of this phrase: One that it refers to the first day of the week, Sunday; the other that it refers to the great day of the Lord spoken of in the Old Testament. The Kingdom is coming as was the conversation of the whole Old Testament.
Support for the view that this is Sunday is very weak. Distinctions drawn from grammar would seem to favor one of these views: The adjective (kuriakos) would favor the Day of the Lord view instead of the Sunday view. The adjective is always a stronger expression than the genitive of the noun.
There is good reason to believe that the first day of the week was never called the Lord's day until the second century. If this be true, then to argue that this refers to Sunday might conceivably be an anachronism.
There is no difference in days as the Lord made them (Rom. 14:5). But if there is a difference, then the seventh day of the week might be the important one, unless we insist that the resurrection instituted a change. "One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind."
Support for the view that this refers to the Great Day of the Lord is very strong.
Argument from the meaning of the language. The adjective means that the Lord characterizes the day (cf. 1 Cor. 11:20). The definite article singles this day out as something specific and singular. "When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper."The argument from the usage in the Roman Empire. Archeologists have discovered that this word was used to describe a day which was set aside by the Emperor in which he was issuing a decree or with imperial authority demanding that something be carried out by the people.
Deissman - "Word Studies" page 290.
Deissman - "Light from Ancient East" page 357ff.
Argument from the context of the book of Revelation. No explanation can be correct which runs counter to the general meaning of the book in which it is found. The book of Revelation ushers one into that period known as the Day of the Lord.
Argument from the usage of the word along with change of state.
Announcement is made in 1:10.
Entrance into the state is described in Rev. 4:1-2. "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter." "And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne."
Continuation in the state during tribulation (Rev. 17:3). "So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."
Continuation in this state during the Eternal state (Rev. 21:10). "And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God."
Argument drawn from the theological teaching of the Bible. The Bible teaches that from creation of man to the coming of Christ there is the day of man (1 Cor. 4:3). "But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self." And they have it in a state that only God can correct. A day comes when Christ makes judgment and we assist in His rule.
The Bible teaches that at the Coming of Christ the Day of the Lord will be ushered in (1 Cor. 4:5). "Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God."
We need to remind ourselves that no one sitting at the table of the Lord knew who was the betrayer and they had ministered together for three years. Christ sent him from that table revealing that in the end He knows who is His and who will enter Hades and eventually hell itself.
Transpiration of a supernatural voice. 10c ""I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,"
This is a trumpet-like voice for strength.
The adjective "great" marks how strong the voice was.
But the figure of speech makes the adjective more understandable. This is the voice of the Son of God. His voice is like the voice of many waters. Everything from the murmur of the rivulet to the roar of the great ocean.
This is the trump of God spoken of in 1 Thessalonians 4:16. Though there are many angels appearing in Revelation whose voices will sound like trumpets (seven such sound trumpets), yet no voice of an angel will reach the strength and power of that of the Son of God (cf. John 5:28-29).
"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."
"Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice," "And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation."1 Thess. 4:16 (salpigx . theos)
This is the last trump of God announcing the rapture of the saints and the ushering in of the seventieth week of Daniel. cf. Rev. 4:1-2; 1 Cor. 15:51-52.
"After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter." "And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne."
"Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed," "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
Unfinished business as I term it.
The first trump of God sounded at Mount Sinai, when God began relations with Israel on the basis of the Old Testament Law (Ex. 19:13, 16, 19; 20:18-19; Heb. 12:18-19, 26; Zeph. 1:14-16).
"There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount." "And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled." "And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice."
"And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off." "And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die."
"Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon."
"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." "That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness," "A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers."
There is yet one more week of years for Israel under the Old Testament Law. When Christ is finished with His ministry to the Church here in the earth, he will announce this and the resumption with Israel by means of the Last Trump of God. The Seven Weeks of Daniel spoken of in his historical prophecy in answer to his prayer.
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