In recent months I have heard a message from some brothers in Christ which is new to me. Briefly, the message is that Jesus has come already. Those who are waiting for Jesus to return are mistaken about the return of Jesus. Their wait is in vain. There is no second coming of Jesus. I have heard this message proclaimed with the glee and giddiness of a child who has just received a new toy or who just made a new discovery. This teaching purports to be the fulfillment of the word of the Lord. Clearly, there is nothing gleeful about it, but a seriously mistaken notion by some men, some brothers in Christ Jesus, our Lord and Savior.
Advocates and teachers of this message probably package their teaching under a freshly minted catchy name of which I am not aware and I am not given to throwing labels around. For the sake of reference and for working purposes I am going to use in this article the expression the day of the Lord right from the scriptures to refer to this doctrine and the elements of that doctrine. There are different variations of that expression throughout the scriptures including the coming of the day of the Lord.
