The Day of the Lord scriptures matter because this message was central to the good news that Yeshua's followers proclaimed.
The schooling of the gentiles (go and make disciples) had to include this lesson. The God of Israel will return and sit on His throne in Jerusalem and he will judge rightly everything and everyone. Justice will prevail. The cry of the poor and the downtrodden will be heard. The power and influence of the rich will do them no good.
"Waiting and watching till morning" Psalm 130:6 MSG
Our contentment with this age and these surroundings has removed the Day of the Lord from our message and our thinking. It is very dangerous ground, mostly because it looks so peaceful and perpetual.
The cry of maranatha comes from a heart that has seen the horrors of this age and longs for the age to come. It comes from a heart that has felt the injustice and the suffering.
Paul's statement that he knew how to be abased and how to abound is thrown in a different light by the revelation of the Day of the Lord. When abased know that God will ultimately make things right that this is only temporary, that morning will come. When abounding know that this too is only temporary and don't cling to it or expect it or demand it in any way. It happens that I am abounding right now, good, I can enjoy it without owning it or expecting it to continue for one more second.
Romans 2:5-8 "5 But by your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed. 6 He will pay back each person according to his deeds. 7 To those who by perseverance in doing good are seeking glory, honor, and immortality—eternal life. 8 But to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—wrath and fury.
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