In one sense, the Day of Christ began when He came into the earth and announced that the Kingdom of Heaven was at hand. In the brief one-third of a century that Jesus lived on earth, there was evidence that His Day was at hand. Wherever He was the Kingdom was. After He went back to His Father in Heaven, however, His Day was known only in those who knew Him. His last Word before leaving, as recorded in Matthew 28:20, was “Behold, I am with you always  (all the days) until the consummation of the age. Amen.”

We must understand, however, that since He has returned to His Father in Heaven, His presence with us is known in the lives of those whom He has filled with His Spirit. The Day of the Lord as foretold by the Prophets has not yet come. But, those of us who have received the Breath of His Life can know His Day while we await His Prophetic Day. It is then He will receive the nations as His inheritance.

We have had foretastes of His glory, but the day in which the whole earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord awaits us. Thus we are learning from Paul to pray ...that you may be men of transparent character, and may be blameless, in preparation for the day of Christ. This is our time of preparation as we are expecting the Day when ...the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk 2:14).

It shall be the Day of Christ when the promise of His Father shall have been fulfilled. His Father said to Him, ... Ask of me, and I shall give Thee the heathen (the nations) for Thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession. Psalm 2:8

FATHER, there is an increasing longing in my heart for the Day of Your glory. I have had foretastes from time to time of that glory, but they have been fleeting. Now my heart is longing more than it ever has for Your Day. Please work in us whatever is needed to make us ready for Your glory.