Lord' Is a General Phrase Term Paper

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The Day of the Lord in the context that is most fitting to this season was referred to by Isaiah as the day in which the Messiah was to come to a suffering people. The advent of the Messiah was an event much discussed and much looked forward to among the ancients. God had promised a Messiah and the day that He would come was prophesized and eventually fulfilled in the form of Jesus of Nazareth, according to the New Testament writers. Peter believed that the prophets foretold Christ's mission. In 2 Peter, he made a particularly beautiful reference to the nature of Christ, who shines as the sun coming up over the edge of the earth, bringing the light of His love and knowledge."We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts" (2 Peter 1:19).

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