This is the Bible Project Podcast. I'm John and today on this episode I'm going to be talking

with Tim Mackey about the Day of the Lord. This is the final in a six-part series on the

Day of the Lord. So it's been a long journey but we're finally here. If you're just

joining us I'd highly recommend you listen to the other five episodes but if you're not

going to, here's a couple ideas to be familiar with so you can keep up with

conversation. The first word is Babylon. Babylon was an ancient civilization. The

Israel was captured by. It represented to them a civilization in rebellion

against God, a corrupt, injust human system that God needs to upend. But in the Bible

Babylon becomes an archetype. It becomes a way of describing any civilization

that's in rebellion against God. So Egypt is described as Babylon. Even Israel is

described as Babylon and the day of Jesus Rome was considered Babylon. The second

thing to keep in mind is this phrase the Day of the Lord. Biblical authors use

this phrase to describe when and how God intervenes in human history to stop

corrupt civilizations, to destroy Babylon. In the last episode we talked about how

Jesus came and how his death was considered a Day of the Lord. And that's

what we'll pick up this conversation again that will lead us into a

conversation about the book of the revelation. A book that's made Christians

really scratch their heads and ask a lot of questions like when's Jesus

going to come back? What's it going to look like? The final day of the Lord. What

does it actually mean? And the biblical authors are not interested in giving

us that information. It's like Paul says concerning times and dates,

we're not going to write you about that. We'll finish this episode with a practical

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