The Day of the Lord

The day of the Lord, the day of God, the hour of trial, and the great
tribulation are one and the same.

The two most important events in history are Jesus' life, death and resurrection, which is the display to the world of Christ consciousness, and the destruction of self consciousness showed by the destruction of
Jerusalem in 70AD by fratricide within and Roman armies without.

These two historical events are replicated or played out in the individual lives of each member of the assembly/body/bride of the Lamb. However, in this case the order is reversed because she (bride/body/assembly) presently lives in self consciousness, which must be transformed into Christ consciousness and in order for this to be done shemust endure the first sentence above. She endures it and comes out of
it - see Rev 7:9-17.

Here are two discriptions of this transformation/change process:

"Expecting and hastening the day of God, by reason of which, heavens being on fire will be dissolved and elements becoming intensly hot are to be melted." - 2Peter 3:12 -

"Near is the great day of Yahweh,-A strong man-there! bitterly crying out! A day of indignation that day! Day of danger and distress. Day of rush and crash; day of obscurity and deep gloom;
day of cloud and thick darkness; day of horn and war shout-against the fortified cities and against the high towers" - Zeph 1:14-16 -

This "day" is God's attack against the self conscious mind and emotions of man-his "heaven and earth". Fortified cities and high towers are built up mental security thought systems and mental defence thought systems, which control the emotions.

Because Christ consciousness is hidden within self consciousness, a
"disturbance" is caused within the individual when the two "switch roles" so to speak. A "heating up" and "melting" take place which indicates a changing of one form into another. The "elements" which make up both are "reversed"; self consciousness is resistance and/or "against" (this is where the "heat" comes from)-Christ consciousness is yielding and accepting.

Christ consciousness is "New Jerusalem" which "comes down out of heaven from God" and effects the individual's whole being, just as self consciousness did. The "coming down out of heaven" speaks of the new mental condition that Christ consciousness is. It "comes down" and effects the whole being.

Cities in scripture refer to the mind: Zion, the city of the great king, Jerusalem/New Jerusalem, Babylon, etc.

When this transformation occurs then man experiences the "new heaven and earth wherein dwells righteousness" and the "first heaven and first earth are passed away and there is no more sea" (Rev21:1).

I've discussed the heavens and earths but not the "sea". The sea is that which is movable in man. Daniel's "four winds of heaven bursting forth upon the great sea"; Isaiah's "the lawless (wicked) are like the troubled sea which cannot rest", and Paul's "being blown about with every wind of doctrine". The thoughts continually running to and fro with what if's and surmisings and the emotions going up and down in response to thoughts and outward stimulants. So when Christ consciousness is manifested the sea is "no more". Yes, we still have emotions and ability to think, BUT THEY DON'T CONTROL US ANYMORE, hence the sea is no more. This then is the fullfillment of Rev 7:9-17 and Rev 21:3-6. Read it yourself.

All this occurs in time, in individuals, while yet in their physical body.