His flock has nothing to fear from "the day of the Lord."
Christ will gather every sheep whom God has given Him and bring them safely home.
Men love their puzzles. It makes them feel smart to try and figure them out, even when the truth is simple and as certain as the wind.
"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." -- John 16:33
"Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast array. For the battle is not yours, but God's." -- II Chronicles 20:15
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." -- Philippians 4:13
"But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." -- 1 Corinthians 15:23-26
"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." -- Daniel 7:13-14
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light;
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy." -- 1 Peter 2:9-10
Ahh, Good Dr. E.,
"You trivialize its meaning by failure to recognize the force of the Day and lose sight of the great Hope of the church and blunt the coming terror for the lost."
Let's break down the sentence:
You trivialize its meaning by failure to
recognize the force of the Day and
lose sight of the great Hope of the church and
blunt the coming terror for the lost.
I don't believe there is anything in the sentence that says the church has anything to fear. It does say in trivializing its meaning we lose the force of the Day i.e. for the church we lose sight of the great Hope and I guess that loss could be the cause of anxiety. Oops Dr. E., there's that word again, but this time I don't have anything to confess, well, I did have a donut this morning and that messed up my diet, but that's all.