FIRST THESSALONIANS 5
The
day of the Lord is the second
coming, not the Rapture of the
Church
1 Thes. 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren,
[1] ye have no need that I
write unto you.
5:2 [2] For yourselves know perfectly that
[a.] the day of the Lord [the second coming
(Is. 13:6-13; Joel 1:15; Zeph. 1:14-18; c/p.
2
Thes. 2:2)] so cometh as a thief in the night [to those who are not
watching and waiting].
5:3 For
[1] when they shall
say [it was ye, you, and yourselves
in verse 1, now it is they: those who are not watching and waiting—and who were not taken up
in the Rapture of the Church],
[a.] Peace and safety;
[2] then sudden destruction cometh
upon them [those who are not watching and waiting],
[a.] as travail upon a woman with child; and
[3] they shall not escape.
5:4 But ye [a return to ye] brethren,
[1] are not in darkness,
[a.] that that
day should overtake you as a thief.
5:5 [2] Ye are all
[a.] the children of light, and
[b.] the
children of the day:
[3] we are not
[a.] of the
night,
[b.] nor of
darkness.
5:6 Therefore
[1] let us not sleep,
[a.] as [do]
others; but
[2] let us watch and
[3] [let us] be sober.
5:7 [a.] For they that sleep sleep in the night; and
[b] they that
be drunken are drunken in the night.
5:8 But
[4] let us,
[a.] who are
of the day,
[b.] be sober, putting on
[11.] the breastplate of faith and love;
and
[12.] for
an helmet, the hope of salvation.
[**A
reminder: the Church is not
appointed to suffer the
wrath of God which is to come; although
it is appointed to suffer
afflictions,
persecutions, and tribulation
[which come from the Devil (1 Thes. 3:3)].
5:9 For God hath
[1] not appointed [#5087] us to wrath [1 Thes. 1:10], but
[2] [appointed us] to obtain salvation [#4991]
[a.] by our Lord Jesus Christ,
[#5087, theo, to make, ordain, purpose, put, set (forth), settle, sink down, appoint (1 Thes. 3:3; Matt. 5:15; Matt. 24:15; John 15:16; Acts 5:4; 19:21; 1 Cor. 3:10, 11; 1 Thes. 5:9; Heb. 1:2, c/p. #2749)]
[#4991, soteria, salvation, deliverance, wholeness, healing, soundness,
safety]
5:10 [11.] Who died for us, that,
[aa.] whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
[1] the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and
[2] [I pray God] your whole
[a.] spirit and
[b.] soul and
[c.] body
[11.] be preserved blameless
[aa.] unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ [the Anointed One]
[to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thes. 2:19;
1
Thes. 4:17)].
5:24 Faithful [is] he
[1] that calleth you,
[2] who also will do [it].
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