it to mean "the day when Yahweh would intervene to put Israel at the head of the nations, irrespective of Israel's faithfulness to Him." Yet Amos declares "Woe to you who long for the day of the ! Why do you long for the day of the ? That day will be darkness, not light" ( NIV). Because Israel had sinned, God would come in judgement on them. Thus, the day of the Lord is about God chastening his people, whether it be through the Babylonian invasion of Jerusalem or a locust plague described in Joel . Yet holds a promise that on the Day of the Lord, "everyone who calls on the name of the will be saved." In Zephaniah 1:8, the Day of the is equated with "the day of the 's sacrifice". This has led Christian interpreters to equate it with Jesus' death. The Hebrew יֹום and Greek ἡμέρα both means a 24 hours day or an age or epoch. So there are many events prophesied for the Day Of The Lord; which need to take in account that the Jewish day begins with the sunset so it expects a dark phase () at the beginning of this Age and then the sunrise with The Morning Star followed by the plenty light ()of the eternal day. Reference to a specific day as being "The Day of the Lord" is found in the Book of Daniel , "Blessed is he who waits and comes unto 1,335 days." New Testament usage This promise is also picked up in the New Testament, when Joel 2:28-32 is quoted in Acts 2:17-21. The phrase is also used in 1 Thessalonians 5:2 which speaks about the day of the Lord coming suddenly. The phrase alludes to a judgment for eternal rewards in where it says "we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus". The Book of Revelation describes the day of the Lord as an apocalyptic time of God's almighty wrath, which comes upon those who are deemed wicked. The text pictures every man hiding in the rocks of the mountains during a major earthquake to attempt to hide from God's wrath, while celestial phenomena turn the moon blood red and the sun dark. These celestial phenomena are also mentioned in Joel 2:31, which foretells the same precise order of events mentioned in Revelation: