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 We live in the last days. 
We don’t live in the last day.


“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
Luke 4:18-19

Jesus quoted Isaiah but left out the last portion of the verse:
“to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,”

Between the favorable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God is thousands of years.
We know that because its been at least 2000 years and there hasn’t been a judgement day yet. 

We should carry ourselves as though we live in the year of the Lord’s favor, not the day of vengeance of our God.