Study for October 17, 2026

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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.

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.