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Study for October 17, 2026
We looked at 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 last week; this week chapter 5: The Bible interprets itself, so additions are added to verses of the chapter to affirm and witness to what the verse is saying
1Thessalonians 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. The Day of the Lord as a “thief” suggests that everything seems fine and normal until all of a sudden, it isn’t. Paul outlines its coming as follows:
1Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. The UN is famous for the “peace and safety” terminology with every press briefing, announcement, nation vote, and with every public speech. At some point when the church is removed, when they say it, then sudden destruction is going to fall on them.
1Thessalonians 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Believers are in Christ Jesus, who said, in John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. Believers in Christ are the children of Light – His Light.
1Thessalonias 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. We need to be alert! 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. Not to be alert is to be asleep, which is to be in the darkness of the world and oblivious to the truth.
1Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. In other words, put on the armor of God as outlined in Ephesians 6:10-17.
1Thessalonians 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Key verse: God has NOT appointed His children to wrath; all those who have received salvation in Christ Jesus and have become part of the Body of Christ, are spared from the wrath to come, from the Day of the Lord. Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people (my children), enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
A brief reminder regarding the Day of the Lord from Joel 1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. Joel continue to describe the Day of the Lord in Joel 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. With all the talk today of nuclear and biological weapons, it most definitely will be a day of gloom and darkness. 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. Before them, a garden; after they go past, desolation, burned and blackened. The ravages of war.
Returning now to 1Thessalonians 5:10 Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Joy unspeakable awaits believers as noted in 1Corinthains 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. After what we read and hear of the evil on the earth – this is a promise we all look forward to and rejoice in! Praise God! And now, verse 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Study for October 14. 2026
The news daily indicates that we are in the end times - for the church, the end of the dispensation of grace, - for the world, the great reset and the A/C. Many try to say that what we see today has happened before; perhaps they are so busy, they haven’t time to observe what is really happening. The letters to the Thessalonians were the first epistles written by Paul: First Thessalonians describes the rapture; in Second Thessalonians, he had to correct the error someone put forth to discredit Paul’s first letter. We have that going on today also – people trying to discredit God, discredit the Word of God and the Rapture. We look at Paul’s first letter today.
1Thessalonians 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel(body) in sanctification and honour; 7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. When we are saved, we are justified; Romans 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Following salvation or “justification” comes “sanctification” – a process whereby we become “holy”, 1Peter 1:16 … it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. Also Romans 12:1-2.
1Thessalonians 4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. All sin is against God – if you despise/hate another person, you are, in reality, committing sin against God. 9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye (you, we) yourselves are taught of God to love one another 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
1Th 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (those who have died in Christ), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. We shall see our loved ones in Christ again; and probably very soon!
1Th 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord (Paul is saying “thus saith the Lord” here), that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep(see above, verse 13). 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. The dead in Christ rise first = step I, followed shortly thereafter by step II…….
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up(= “harpadzo” meaning “catch away, seize by force”) together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Here are the very words of Jesus: John 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. Where is Jesus now? Heaven! Therefore, He receives us in the clouds above the earth, and He takes us to His Father’s house from there, where He created a dwelling place for us, just like a Galilean bridegroom did for his bride.
1Th 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words. These words are comforting. Those who try to say we have to go through the tribulation are hardly comforting. With what is playing out in the world today, signs are in evidence to show that the earth is going to be one ugly place to live on during God’s judgment on the evil rampant in the world today. NOW is the day of salvation; NOW is the day to decide for Christ and escape the “wrath” of God’s judgment which lies ahead.
Study for October 17, 2026
We looked at 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 last week; this week chapter 5: The Bible interprets itself, so additions are added to verses of the chapter to affirm and witness to what the verse is saying.
1Thessalonians 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. The Day of the Lord as a “thief” suggests that everything seems fine and normal until all of a sudden, it isn’t. Paul outlines its coming as follows:
1Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. The UN is famous for the “peace and safety” terminology with every press briefing, announcement, nation vote, and with every public speech. At some point when the church is removed, when they say it, then sudden destruction is going to fall on them.
1Thessalonians 5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Believers are in Christ Jesus, who said, in John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. Believers in Christ are the children of Light – His Light.
1Thessalonias 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. We need to be alert! 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. Not to be alert is to be asleep, which is to be in the darkness of the world and oblivious to the truth.
1Thessalonians 5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. In other words, put on the armor of God as outlined in Ephesians 6:10-17
1Thessalonians 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Key verse: God has NOT appointed His children to wrath; all those who have received salvation in Christ Jesus and have become part of the Body of Christ, are spared from the wrath to come, from the Day of the Lord. Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people (my children), enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
A brief reminder regarding the Day of the Lord from Joel 1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. Joel continues to describe the Day of the Lord in Joel 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. With all the talk today of nuclear and biological weapons, it most definitely will be a day of gloom and darkness. 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. Before them, a garden; after they go past, desolation, burned and blackened. The ravages of war.
Returning now to 1Thessalonians 5:10 Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. Joy unspeakable awaits believers as noted in 1Corinthains 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. After what we read and hear of the evil on the earth – this is a promise we all look forward to and rejoice in! Praise God! And now, verse 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.