Post-Trib Moment #12 The Day of the Lord in 1 Thessalonians 5
Now 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 is a pretty famous passage, but most people don't continue reading and get to 1st Thessalonians chapter 5. Of course, 1st Thessalonians 4 ends with the famous rapture passage that says "then we
which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with him in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. BUT of the times and the seasons brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you." And let me point out, that chapter 5 begins with a conjunction.
The word "but" is a conjunction. That means we're continuing the same thought that we just finished in the previous verse. He says "BUT, I just told you about the rapture, being caught up in the clouds, BUT..." "Of the times
and the seasons brethren, you have no need that I write unto you." Now it's obvious based upon the word "but", that when he says "the times and the seasons brethren, you have no need that I write unto you", he's referring to the times and the seasons of the rapture, because that's what he just told us about.
The first resurrection, and the rapture, and he says "BUT, of the times and the seasons brethren, you have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night." So again, verse 2 starts with a conjunction, this is all one thought. The rapture is explained, and he says "BUT of the times and the seasons brethren, you have no need that I write unto you, for yourselves know perfectly that the DAY OF THE LORD so cometh as a thief in the night."
So that right there shows us that the timing of the day of the Lord is the same timing as the day of the rapture. Because he tells us about the rapture, and he says "I don't have to tell you about the times and the seasons brethren of that day, because you already know that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night." Now, if the day of the Lord took place a different time than the rapture took place, that wouldn't make any sense! But obviously they must take place at the same time for him to use it in the same thought right there, to say "the timing of what I just told you about is the same as the timing of the day of the Lord, and you know that, it is going to come as a thief in the night."
And it's funny because a lot of pre-trib rapture believers will even use that term "thief in the night", to refer to the rapture. Because it IS referring to the day of the Lord which is going to happen on the same day as the rapture. Now, the day of the Lord is a day of judgement and wrath upon this earth. But, that wrath is going to begin to be poured out on the same day that the rapture takes place.
So obviously we're not going to be the ones experiencing God's wrath, we're going to be caught up in the clouds before He pours out His wrath, but those events still happen on the same day. The rapture and the day of the Lord, are both going to take place on the same day. And what's significant about that, is that the sun and moon must be darkened before the day of the Lord come, that's exactly consistent with what we saw in Mathew 24, when the Bible said the sun and moon will be darkened, then Jesus comes in the clouds with the sound of the trumpet.
Main Scripture/s 1 Thessalonians 4, 5
FAITHFUL WORD BAPTIST CHURCH
2707 W Southern Ave, Suite #105 Tempe, AZ 85282
Phone: (602) 456-1049, E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.FaithfulWordBaptist.org
Pastor Steven Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church
Now 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 is a pretty famous passage, but most people don't continue reading and get to 1st Thessalonians chapter 5. Of course, 1st Thessalonians 4 ends with the famous rapture passage that says "then we
which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with him in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. BUT of the times and the seasons brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you." And let me point out, that chapter 5 begins with a conjunction.
The word "but" is a conjunction. That means we're continuing the same thought that we just finished in the previous verse. He says "BUT, I just told you about the rapture, being caught up in the clouds, BUT..." "Of the times
and the seasons brethren, you have no need that I write unto you." Now it's obvious based upon the word "but", that when he says "the times and the seasons brethren, you have no need that I write unto you", he's referring to the times and the seasons of the rapture, because that's what he just told us about.
The first resurrection, and the rapture, and he says "BUT, of the times and the seasons brethren, you have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night." So again, verse 2 starts with a conjunction, this is all one thought. The rapture is explained, and he says "BUT of the times and the seasons brethren, you have no need that I write unto you, for yourselves know perfectly that the DAY OF THE LORD so cometh as a thief in the night."
So that right there shows us that the timing of the day of the Lord is the same timing as the day of the rapture. Because he tells us about the rapture, and he says "I don't have to tell you about the times and the seasons brethren of that day, because you already know that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night." Now, if the day of the Lord took place a different time than the rapture took place, that wouldn't make any sense! But obviously they must take place at the same time for him to use it in the same thought right there, to say "the timing of what I just told you about is the same as the timing of the day of the Lord, and you know that, it is going to come as a thief in the night."
And it's funny because a lot of pre-trib rapture believers will even use that term "thief in the night", to refer to the rapture. Because it IS referring to the day of the Lord which is going to happen on the same day as the rapture. Now, the day of the Lord is a day of judgement and wrath upon this earth. But, that wrath is going to begin to be poured out on the same day that the rapture takes place.
So obviously we're not going to be the ones experiencing God's wrath, we're going to be caught up in the clouds before He pours out His wrath, but those events still happen on the same day. The rapture and the day of the Lord, are both going to take place on the same day. And what's significant about that, is that the sun and moon must be darkened before the day of the Lord come, that's exactly consistent with what we saw in Mathew 24, when the Bible said the sun and moon will be darkened, then Jesus comes in the clouds with the sound of the trumpet.
Main Scripture/s 1 Thessalonians 4, 5
FAITHFUL WORD BAPTIST CHURCH
2707 W Southern Ave, Suite #105 Tempe, AZ 85282
Phone: (602) 456-1049, E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.FaithfulWordBaptist.org
Pastor Steven Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church