What does First B Jackson teach about day of the lord?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At First B Jackson, the teaching on the day of the Lord holds two things together that are uncomfortable side by side: it is both a promise and a warning, and neither half can be dropped. In the Joel series, Pastor Darren worked through what the text actually says about it. The imagery is overwhelming, armies moving like fire through what had been a garden, and the honest question the text raises is who can endure it. The honest answer, as Darren preached it, is that nobody can endure it on their own terms. The call that follows is not to clean up and present a better version of yourself to God, but to return with a rended heart in utter dependence and complete desperation directed toward Him.
Pastor James and Pastor Mark have both taught on the day of the Lord through Obadiah, approaching it from the angle of judgment on the nations. Both of them paused at the verse that says the day of the Lord draws near on all the nations, and as you have done, it will be done to you. Mark was careful to distinguish that from simple karma. What both teachers traced is a consistent biblical pattern: nations and people who trust in their own height, their own alliances, and their own strength are operating against the way God has ordered things, and that does not hold. The Edomites are the case study. Their geography, their military relationships, and their pride all failed them exactly as the text said they would.
The silver lining both Obadiah messages pointed to is the same one: on Mount Zion there will be those who escape, and that escape belongs to those who trust in the Lord alone. The Joel message lands in a similar place. The question the nations ask, where is their God, gets answered not by an argument but by the people returning to Him together. Across all three messages, what First B Jackson teaches about the day of the Lord is that it is not a date to be curious about so much as a reality that shapes how a person lives now, specifically whether they are clinging to God or trusting in something else.
Taught from Joel 1-3 · Obadiah 1 · Obadiah 1-21 · 1 Peter 5:6-11 · Romans 3:23
The passage taught · 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
World English Bible
Messages that go deeper
- February 22, 2026 Yet Even Now, Return to Me Pastor Darren walks through the book of Joel, finding in its locust-ravaged landscape a call to return to God with a whole heart, not just outward grief.
- November 9, 2025 The Book of Obadiah - The Minor Prophets A sermon on Obadiah, the Old Testament's shortest book, tracing God's judgment on prideful Edom and what it means for anyone who trusts in earthly strength.
- January 15, 2017 The Enemy of God Is Not a Position to Be Envied A short, sobering walk through Obadiah's prophecy against Edom, showing what it means to be an enemy of God and why grace is the only place to run.