"Be silent before the Lord God! For the day of the Lord is near... Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord."
The day of the Lord refers to the specific period of time that God will infers the human affairs in either judgment or blessing. But as for our time, we are waiting for the rapture and for the thousand year of reign with the Christ on the earth!
It is interesting to note that God is telling us to be silent before the Lord God the first thing before warning us that "the day of the Lord" is near. In either judgment or blessing, God's name will be exalted through them for all of us to see. Just like how God's telling us to "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." -Psalm 46:10.
Later God told them to seek the Lord in everything so that He may not be angry with them (or so that He may bless them). "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." - Matthew 6:33
Let us shift our focus on receiving His blessing on the day of the Lord. What can we do to prepare the blessing to come? The Lord says, "be silent so that I may exalt myself, and seek Me so that everything may be added to you." When Jesus walked among the people, he was as humble as a lamb when he taught them about Love, even he was slaughtered like a lamb. And when he found his spare time, he will seek the Lord by going up to the mountain by himself to pray, so he prayed his last prayer about the harmoniousness for the Body of Christ before the cruxification.
After his silence and seeking, the cross has spoken His power and love for us as the chain of miraculous events occured. The curtain of the Temple was torn into two. The earth shook. The rocks were split. The tombs were opened and many bodies of the saints who were asleep had awaken to walk into the holy city after His resurrection. Jesus resurrected and even more, he walked on the water transfigured before His disciples! Those are the day of the Lord for that period of time because the Body of Christ was blessed with the new movement after the day of Pentecost.
We need to relax as we allow God to shake things up while we seek Him in everything we do. Gary Haugen once said, "Do less, think more"... talk and do less + think about Him and seek Him = well equipped for the day of the Lord!
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