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The “day of the Lord’s return” is a future time when God will intervene directly and dramatically in world affairs. Predicted and discussed often in the Old Testament (Isiah 13:6-12; Joel 2:28-32; Zephaniah 1:14-18), the day of the Lord will include both punishment and blessing. Christ will judge sin and set up his eternal Kingdom.It is good that we don’t know exactly when Christ will return. If we knew the precise date, we might plan to keep sinning and then turn to God right at the end. Heaven is not our only goal; we have work to do here. Christians must keep on doing God’s work until death or until we see the unmistakable return of our Savior.--- Life Application Study Bible notes