The Day Shall Come (2019) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Moses initially seeks only basic farming resources from the supposed sheikh. However, when he realizes the potential wealth from an armament deal, he agrees to procure 50 Kalashnikov rifles. This decision marks a critical shift in his character, he abandons his non-violent principles when tempted by the promise of resources for his commune, though the entire setup is actually an FBI sting operation designed to entrap him.

Foreshadowing: Earlier, Moses preaches against violence while rejecting his anti-psychotic medication, establishing his contradictory relationship with radical action.

• Moses Al Shabaz
• Kalashnikov rifles
• arms deal
• FBI sting
• Star of Six commune

Venus becomes alarmed by Moses's dangerous dealings with illicit firearms. Seeing that her husband has agreed to an arms deal, she makes the desperate decision to flee the commune with their child, seeking safety away from the escalating criminal activity that threatens their family.

Foreshadowing: The narrative establishes Venus as a concerned partner who watches Moses's increasingly reckless decisions unfold.

• Venus
• Moses wife
• escape
• child
• commune

The epilogue reveals that all FBI agents involved in the case, including Kendra Glack, received promotions despite their ethically questionable methods. This serves as the film's stark commentary on systemic injustice: the law enforcement agents who manipulated a vulnerable man and destroyed a community are rewarded, while Moses and his followers face lengthy prison sentences. The corrupt system prioritizes its own over the marginalized.

Foreshadowing: Kendra's willingness to exploit Moses's mental state and her superior's casual suggestion to 'eliminate the problem' foreshadow the moral bankruptcy that goes unpunished.

• FBI agents
• promotions
• injustice
• Kendra Glack
• prison sentences
• ending

During a turbulent storm, Moses witnesses a dramatic lightning strike which he interprets as a divine message or sign from God. This moment reinforces his religious conviction and convinces him that he is destined to proceed with his plan to confront the arms dealers. The lightning strike represents how Moses's mental state and desperate circumstances lead him to find religious meaning in random natural events.

Foreshadowing: The storm and divine sign occur just before Moses's dramatic horseback arrival at the transaction site, giving him false confidence.

• lightning strike
• divine sign
• storm
• Moses
• prophecy

FBI agent Kendra Glack targets Moses after watching his live-streamed sermons, seeing him as an easy scapegoat for revolutionary activity. She orchestrates a complex sting by deploying undercover operative Reza, who poses as a relative connecting Moses to a fake sheikh named Nura with supposed Al-Qaeda funding ties. This elaborate deception lures Moses into agreeing to an arms deal, giving the FBI probable cause for arrest, though the entire transaction is manufactured by federal agents.

Foreshadowing: Kendra's discovery of Moses's sermons and immediate recognition of an 'opportunity' establishes her predatory approach from the start.

• FBI setup
• Kendra Glack
• Reza
• Nura
• sting operation
• Al-Qaeda
• manipulation

After returning home to find his followers evicted from the commune, Moses makes a desperate deal with his landlord. This leads him to a scheme involving fake uranium, which he attempts to sell to a group he believes are neo-Nazis but are actually undercover police officers. The scheme spirals further out of control, ultimately drawing both the FBI and Miami police into the chaos.

Foreshadowing: Moses's eviction and desperate situation following the failed arms deal pushes him toward increasingly reckless criminal activity.

• fake uranium
• neo-Nazis
• undercover police
• landlord
• desperation

At the donut shop where Moses hopes to reunite with his family, an unintended discharge of a police weapon sends the crowd into a frenzy. In the chaos, Reza attempts to hand Moses a fake rocket launcher. Moses flips the script by pretending to be a police officer. Despite Kendra's efforts to de-escalate, Moses's reckless actions lead to his arrest alongside his followers.

Foreshadowing: The buildup from multiple failed FBI operations creates the perfect storm for this chaotic confrontation.

• donut shop
• fake rocket launcher
• chaos
• arrest
• Reza
• police

During the chaotic climax when Reza tries to hand him a fake rocket launcher, Moses improvises by pretending to be a police officer. This desperate act represents his final attempt to control the spiraling situation and avoid arrest. However, the pretense fails, and his reckless behavior during the chaos ultimately leads to his capture alongside his followers.

Foreshadowing: Moses has previously attempted to turn the tables on the arms dealers by arriving on horseback to report them, showing his pattern of desperate counter-strategies.

• Moses
• police officer
• disguise
• donut shop
• arrest

Despite escaping from the commune with her child before the major criminal events unfolded, Venus is ultimately caught and sentenced to 15 years for her involvement in Moses's criminal activities. Her sentence highlights the film's stark portrayal of systemic injustice, those who tried to escape the consequences still face severe punishment, while the FBI agents who orchestrated the entire situation receive promotions.

Foreshadowing: Venus's escape suggests she recognized the danger early, but the law treats her as complicit regardless.

• Venus
• 15 years
• prison sentence
• involvement
• injustice

When Moses arrives dramatically on horseback intending to turn the tables by offering to report the arms dealers, Kendra, despite showing him occasional kindness, cannot provide the assistance he seeks. She remains committed to her case and the FBI's agenda, choosing her career and operational objectives over helping a man she has manipulated. Her inability or unwillingness to intervene demonstrates the hollow nature of her occasional sympathetic gestures.

Foreshadowing: Kendra's early decision to exploit Moses as a 'scapegoat' establishes her priority: building a case, not helping a vulnerable person.

• Kendra Glack
• headquarters
• help
• betrayal
• FBI

Moses adamantly rejects the anti-psychotic medication that clouds his mind, choosing clarity, even if that clarity comes with disturbing religious visions and paranoia, over a medicated state that dulls his perceptions. This decision fuels his passionate sermons and conviction that he receives divine messages, though it also makes him more vulnerable to manipulation by the FBI. His choice reflects a complex tradeoff between authentic experience and mental stability.

Foreshadowing: His unmedicated state contributes to his susceptibility to the FBI's elaborate deception and his interpretation of the lightning strike as divine prophecy.

• anti-psychotic medication
• mental health
• Moses
• clarity
• visions