13.3. The Day of the Lord
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3 Fruchtenbaum understands Peter (2Pe. 2Pe. 3:10-12) as describing the result of judgments described in the book of Revelation which are poured out prior to the Second Coming. Others see Peter as describing the final destruction of the very elements comprising the heavens and earth to be replaced by the new heavens and earth. Peter’s point seems to be on the total annihilation of all that is material. Understanding this fact is to inoculate believers from the temptation and distraction of materialism. Another possibility is that Peter is referring to the regeneration which precedes the Millennium (Isa. Isa. 65:17). This is the view of Peters: 2Pe. 3:10-13. This is self-evident , since the Kingdom is identified with the establishment of ‘the new heavens and new earth’ of Isa. Isa. 65:17 and Isa. 66:22. Peter expressly alludes to these two passages in Isaiah and appropriates them as descriptive of ‘the new heavens and new earth’ presented by himself, in the specific phraseology, ‘according to promise.’ The Millennial new heavens and new earth thus claimed by the Apostle, and which are associated with the Kingdom itself, are necessarily preceded by the fire, described. . . . some have wrongfully . . . endeavored to locate this fire after the thousand years.”—George H. N. Peters, The Theocratic Kingdom (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1978, 1884), 2:506.
4 “[Some] wish to extend the period of the Day of Jehovah to include the Millennium and the Aftermath, but a study of the term in every passage will show that it is never used in any context except that of the Tribulation. While other expressions, such as that day or in that day, are used for both the Tribulation and the Millennium, the term the Day of Jehovah, is never used for anything outside the Great Tribulation.”—Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, The Footsteps of Messiah, rev ed. (Tustin, CA: Ariel Ministries, 2003), 183.
5 Showers, Maranatha, Our Lord Come, 32-33,39.
6 Ibid., 33-34.
7 Fruchtenbaum, The Footsteps of Messiah, 4.
8 Showers, Maranatha, Our Lord Come, 31.
9 Ibid., 31-32.
10 Fruchtenbaum, The Footsteps of Messiah, 176.
11 “Isaiah Isa. 2:10-22 describes a Day of the Lord that will involve the sixth seal described by the Apostle John in Revelation Rev. 6:12-17+.”—Showers, Maranatha, Our Lord Come, 31.
12 “Joel Joel 3:1-16 and Zechariah Zec. 14:1-3, Zec. 14:12-15 refer to a Day of the Lord that will involve God’s judgment of the armies of all the nations of the world, when those armies gather in Israel to wage war against that Nation and the city of Jerusalem [Rev. Rev. 16:12-16+] and when the Messiah comes to war against them [Rev. Rev. 19:11-21+].”—Ibid., 32.