n2thelight
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The "Day Of The Lord" you mention in Zechariah 14:1, is the same "Day Of The Lord" seen in 2 Peter 3:10-13, when the Lord "Dissolves" the heavens and earth by his fire in judgement (The End)
2 Peter 3:10-13KJV
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
The earth will not be destroyed ,it will be made pure ,it will return to it's original form, why do you think nature itself moans for His return?
II Peter 3:10 "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up."
The "elements" are not the elements that you think of, such as gold, iron, oxygen and so on, but they are the "evil rudiments" that go to make up the evil in this earth age. This includes the evil spirits, the fallen angels, and all the things and forms of idolatry that cause flesh man to sin. \
Romans 8:20
"For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him Who hath subjected the same in hope,"
"Creature" stated here is the same as in verse nineteen, it means "the creation, or original formation", to be more exact. The "original creation" was made "profitless", or "disrupted" out of its original tranquility, because God made it that way, so that each soul could enter this earth flesh age in innocence, being subjected to the same testing, to chose the hope of their salvation, or reject it. Friend, the choice of the direction and condition of your soul is up to you.
God didn't make a mistake in forming this earth, He made it perfect and it will return to that form shortly. It was the fall of Satan, and the third of the all souls that followed Satan, that cause the destruction of the earth that ended that first earth age.
Romans 8:21 "Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God."
Because the "original creation" [creature] itself, or earth will be placed back in that original condition that it once was in the first earth age, where by every part of the earth will be like a paradise. There will be no flesh in that Millennium age, simply because no flesh can exist in that age, and we will all be in our incorruptible bodies. Think of how beautiful this new age will be.
Romans 8:22 "For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now."
It is translated correctly here. The whole creation is crying out with the birth pains for a new earth age. This will be the third world age, spoken of in II Peter 3. These labor pains are getting closer and closer, as we see one after another prophetic event after another come to pass. The new age is not far away. Though this new age will come upon us instantly, upon the arrival of Jesus Christ's return to earth, it should not be a complete surprise to the elect of God, those that have the seal of God in their hearts and minds. Jesus told us exactly how it would be prior to his coming in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21.
Then Jesus took John in a vision to "the day of the Lord", the exact day of Jesus return at the second advent, and told John to write down what he saw in that vision. We call John's writing, "the Book of Revelation". Yet with all that instruction, the modern church world still chases after man's traditions, and chooses to turn a blind eye to the events that a true watchman of God must be aware of, or he will be deceived by Satan in his role of Antichrist.