What is the dreadful day of the Lord?
Whore of Babylon (french illuminated "Book of Revelation") (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD .” ( Malachi 4:5 ) This is the next-to-last verse of the Old Testament and so marks the final mention in the Old Testament of the fearsome theme of the Day of the Lord. As the text says, it will be a “great and dreadful day.” This phrase occurs frequently in the Bible , reminding us over and over again that although God is merciful and longsuffering, He will not remain silent forever. Man’s “day” will end someday, and the day of the Lord will come. Note some of the other prophecies: “Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! . . . the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light” ( Amos5:18 ). “The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come” ( Joel 2:31 ). “The great day of the LORD . . . is a day of wrath, a da...