DALTON THOMAS (FAI) FALSE TEACHING: THE DAY OF THE LORD

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Dalton Thomas is the founder of Frontier Alliance International Studios (FAI) and is a close associate of Joel Richardson.  

This follow up post is aimed at exposing Dalton Thomas' distorted teaching concerning the rapture and the Day of the Lord based on 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5. 

Dalton Thomas: "He comes and gathers his people, that's the Day of the Lord.. Paul says it is a day, it is an actual day.. Jesus comes and gathers his people, that's the Day of the Lord.. it's a singular day..  

They (the Thessalonians) are confused because there is disagreement over the issue of the Day of the Lord. Some people said the day of the Lord has already come." 

Dalton Thomas continues to reiterate this teaching and puts words into the apostle Paul's mouth: "Let me define the day of the Lord for you.. there is no way you missed it, I promise. Jesus comes and gathers His people, that's the Day of the Lord. That didn't happen.." (14:00 mark).

The Day of the Lord is not one literal day..

The Day of the Lord as Defined by the Scriptures:

The Old Testament scriptures say nothing about the rapture and they define the Day of the Lord as God's ultimate wrath upon the wicked. (e.g. Isaiah 2:12; 13:6, 9; Ezekiel 13:5, 30:3; Joel 1:15, 2:1,11,31; 3:14; Amos 5:18,20; Obadiah 15; Zephaniah 1:7,14; Zechariah 14:1; Malachi 4:5). 

The New Testament gives specific information about the Day of the Lord: (Acts 2:20; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 2 Corinthians 1:14; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:2; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 6:17; 16:14).

What does 2 Thessalonians 2 actually say?

Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? (2 Thessalonians 2:1-5).

Revelation 6:17 informs us that the wrath of God becomes imminent following the cosmic disturbances: ..for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand? However, since Christians are not appointed to wrath, the Day of the Lord cannot commence until Jesus effectuates the rapture. (1 Thessalonians 5:9). It seems accurate to affirm, along with Chris White and others, that the Day of the Lord is initiated by the rapture. I believe that we can correctly determine that God gathers his people on the Day of the Lord. However, that particular day involves both the rapture and the onset of God's wrath which lasts more than a single day, as demonstrated in Revelation 9:5. 

The Thessalonians were under the false impression that the Day of the Lord had come i.e. the Day of the Lord is at hand, or literally, is present. In other words, the Thessalonians believed that the Day of the Lord was either present, or that it was imminent. 

Meyer: "ὡς ὅτι ἐνέστηκεν ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου] as if, or, like as if the day of the Lord is already present, or, is even on the point of commencing[44] (comp. Romans 8:38; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 7:26; Galatians 1:4).." {1} 

The phrase "the Day of the Lord" does not refer to a single day as Dalton Thomas teaches. The Day of the Lord is an unspecified period of time, lasting for at least five months, in which the wrath of God progressively unfolds. (Revelation 9:5). The Hebrew word yôm (day) has a number of definitions in the Old Testament and is not necessarily limited to a literal twenty-four hour day i.e. yôm includes the possibility of referring to an undefined, indeterminate period of time. {2} The Old Testament prophets used the phrase "the Day of the Lord" to refer to the specific eschatological period in which God's wrath is a progressive event. Furthermore, 2 Thessalonians 2:2-3 demonstrates that the Thessalonians believed that they were experiencing the Day of the Lord as a period of time rather than a literal twenty-four hour day. 

Dalton Thomas continues by identifying the "restrainer" in 2 Thessalonians 2:6-8 as Satan. I have dealt with this subject in my previous post. {3}

Apparently FAI is a veritable can of worms beset with moral failures and connections with IHOP. {4} Dalton Thomas also has connections with the man known as "the apostle of obfuscation", NAR defender, Dr Michael Brown. {5}

1. Thessalonians 2:2 Commentaries: that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. (biblehub.com)
2. H3117 - yôm - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (KJV) (blueletterbible.org)
3. WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING: FALSE PROPHETS AND BIBLE TEACHERS IN THE LAST DAYS: JOEL RICHARDSON & DALTON THOMAS: MARANATHA BIBLE STUDY - SOME DIFFICULT QUESTIONS (bewareofthewolves.blogspot.com)
4. mikereynolds.org

5. Covenant and Controversy // FAI STUDIOS