09-24 - 1 Thessalonians 5 1-14

paraphrased ‘enter the story’

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1 - Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need to have anything written to you. 2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the LORD will come like a thief in the night. (🤔Sneakily! No one knows when “but the Father”.) 3 While they are saying, “Peace and security!”then suddenly upon them comes destruction as labor pains come upon a woman with child, and they will not escape it. [Peace - eiréné - peace, unity; from eirō - to join, tie together into a whole. Security - asphaleia - security, safety, certainty; from A - not, and sphallō - totter.]

     4 But you are not in darkness, that the day should surprise you. 5 For you’re children of the day, and of light. We are not of the night, nor of the darkness. 6 So then let us not be as though asleep, as others, but let us stay awake, and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep during the night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the covering and protecting breastplate of faith and love. And for a helmet the hope [elpis - expectation!] of {full and complete} salvation. 9 For God has not destined us for wrath {dust to dust/imperfection-entropy/full gone and, or the fiery judgments/gehenna which are all earthly, even during the millennium that is aFter “the” millennium, Rev.20:7-10. There are three mentions of a lake of fire, all at huge fiery events, armageddon, Mt.13:30/Is.24:20-Rev.10:4; at the fiery final defeat of the adversary/accelerator/first gone rogue one&Co. Rev.20:7-10; and at the fiery “palin/again-genesis”/regeneration/re-”genesis” of Rev.21:1-5, “behold! I make aLL new!”}. (Instead of destined for {the role of wrath in this “all the world’s a stage” age, we are destined) to obtain salvation [sótéria - welfare, prosperity, deliverance, preservation, salvation, safety {Life!}] through our Lord Jesus Christ. 10 Who died for us so that we will live with him, whether we may wait and watch [grégoreó - watch, be vigilant, stay awake and alert] or sleep {in death awaiting}.

     [“For the dead in Christ rise first, then we/those (believers) who are alive will be caught up to join them in the clouds to meet him” 1Thes.4:16,17]. 11 Therefore encourage one another! And build one another up.! Just as you are doing.

     12 We ask you, brothers and sisters, to appreciate those who labor among you, teaching and counseling as leaders and examples in the Lord. 13 And so esteem them very highly in love because of their work. And be at peace among yourselves. 14 And we urge you to admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak. And be patient with all.

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usually from biblehub dot com - peering through translator partial unbelief; cross references, etc.

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Tomorrow - 1 Thessalonians 5:15-28

My own studies, had to paraphrase to post.. which has turned out to be an interesting way to ‘enter the ‘story’. 

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