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This content explains the Christian concept of the "Day of the Lord" as a future event of divine judgment and intervention, contrasting the preparedness of believers with the ignorance and unpreparedness of non-believers.
[Music]
welcome to back to the Bible Radio
featuring bestselling author and
internationally known Bible teacher Warren
Warren
weby father help us to examine Our Lives
to rearrange our priorities help us to
live for the things that really count
remind us that life is short and we want
to make the bo most of it and so I pray
that you will help us in our study of
the word of God today for Jesus sake and
in his name
amen God expects us his children to be
different from those who don't believe
in the Lord Jesus Christ Paul has been
pointing out these differences in 1
Thessalonians chapters 4 and 5
Christians are human Christians are
tempted Christians go through pressures
that some unsaved people know nothing
about and Paul tells us that God is able
to help us through all of these
emergencies and pressures of life in
chap 4: 1-8 he reminded us to walk in
Purity to take God at his word be ye
holy for I am Holy so many people in the
world walk in impurity immorality they
they joke about things that are very
sacred and very special and yet Paul
reminds us that we should walk in Purity
verses 9 through 12 he tells us to walk
in love concerning brotherly love and
helping one another and encouraging one
another then in chapter 4:3 through chap
5:1 he focuses on the Future Hope of the
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ unsaved
people have no hope not just a little
bit of hope they have no hope you either
have hope or you don't have hope Peter
tells us we have been born again to a
living hope now a Living Hope is one
that grows it takes root it bears fruit
it's a practical thing when you have a
living hope it affects your living just
like a young lady who gets engaged and
now she's looking forward to a marriage
and what does she do well that future
hope that future plan uh guides her
whole life how she spends her time how
she spends her money the books that she
reads the things that she does all of
these things are affected by her future
plans well we plan to be in heaven we
plan to see the Lord Jesus Christ and
Paul focuses on that in chap
4:3 through chapter 5: 11 of 1
Thessalonians now you've noticed I'm
sure in your own Bible study that in
chapter 4 he Comforts The Believers he's
talking to the saved in particular there
talking about the saved and in chapter 4:
4:
13-18 he writes a word of comfort and
assurance because they were concerned
about their Christian dead had the dead
in Christ been abandoned and the Lord
said through Paul no they have not been
abandoned when the Lord Jesus comes back
there's going to be resurrection and
reunion and we're going to be forever
with the Lord that phrase amazes me
forever with the lord always with the
Lord now in chapter 5 verses 1- 11 Paul
gives us the other side of the coming of
the Lord as it relates to the unsaved
world and he gives to us here a series
of contrasts you'll notice when you read
these verses that he says we they we
they you they you see in 4:13 through 18
the contrast was between the living
Saints and the dead Saints now the
contrast is between Believers and
unbelievers how is the coming of the
Lord going to affect the world world
that's an interesting study isn't it
you'll notice that Paul presents a
series of five
contrasts in chapter 5: 1- 11 let me
give them to you now in verses 1
through3 he contrasts knowledge with
ignorance but concerning the times and
the seasons Brethren you have no need
that I should write to you for you
yourselves know perfectly accurately
that the day of the Lord so comes as a
thief in in the night for when they
notice that word they for when they say
peace and safety then sudden destruction
comes upon them as labor pains upon a
pregnant woman and they shall not Escape
there's a contrast here between
knowledge and ignorance God's people
know what is going on the crowd on the
outside does not know Paul calls him The
Outsiders in chap
4:12 that you may walk properly toward
those who are outside in chap 4:3 he
calls them others others who have no
hope so the outsider is ignorant of
these things but the believer has
knowledge then verses four and five
there's a contrast between light and
darkness but you Brethren are not in
darkness so that this day should
overtake you as a thief you are all sons
of Light and Sons of the day we are not
of the night nor of Darkness so there's
a contrast between light and darkness
now that being the case in verse 6 you
have a third contrast between watching
and sleeping therefore let us not sleep
as others do those are The Outsiders but
let us watch and be sober knowledge
ignorance light Darkness watching
sleeping now he picks up this idea of
soberness and carries it on in verses 7
and 8 and here we have the four contrast
between soberness and
drunkenness for those who sleep sleep at
night and those who get drunk are drunk at
at
night let me pause to say that sad to
say this is not always true there are
lots of people who can hardly wait to
get their first drink in the morning
it's tragic the way alcohol takes over
in so many homes but let us who are of
the day be sober putting on the
breastplate of faith and love and as a
helmet the hope of Salvation so in verse
six watching and sleeping verses 7 and 8
the contrast between soberness and
drunkenness and of course the
consequence of all of this verses 9- 11
the contrast between salvation and wrath
for God did not appoint us to wrath but
to obtain salvation through our Lord
Jesus Christ who died for us that
whether we wake or sleep we should live
together with him therefore and here's
the Practical result of this therefore
comfort each other that means encourage
each other and edify one another build
each other up just as you also are doing
Paul was not scolding them because of
what they were not doing he was
encouraging them to keep on doing it
it's hard to keep on keeping on
sometimes now let's begin with verses 1
through3 the contrast between knowledge
and ignorance have you ever noticed in
your Bible that uh the people of God
know what is going on so often in
scripture you find The Outsiders are
just blind to what's going on the
Egyptians could not understand what was
going on Moses knew God made known his
ways unto Moses his acts unto the
children of
Israel so often the rulers the Civil
rulers during the days of the prophets
didn't know what was going on they were
God less Kings and rulers and yet Along
Comes Jeremiah or Isaiah or Amos or some
other prophet and they know what's going
on God keeps his people up to dat on
what is going on that's why he gave us
the Bible Paul did not want these people
to be ignorant concerning these things
they're very important therefore when he
was with them in thessalonica he taught
them now he had to remind them about it
so we have knowledge versus ignorance
now there are four terms in verses 1
through3 that demand our
attention we must know what they mean
the day of the Lord in verse
two times and seasons in verse
one thief in the night in verse two and
it's referred to again in verse 4 and
then travail or labor pains in verse
three now these four terms are very
important in the study of Bible prophecy
let's begin with day of the Lord but
concerning the times and Seasons
Brethren you have no need that I should
write to you for you yourselves know
perfectly that the day of the Lord so
comes as a thief in the
night that phrase day of the Lord is
used 18 times in the prophets in the Old
Testament and there are some synonymous
phrases it's called the day of trouble
uh that day the day of Vengeance the day
of Wrath it refers to that time and here
I'm borrowing a definition from Dr D
Edmund Hebert Dr Hebert says the day of
the Lord is that time when God
intervenes in history to judge his
enemies to deliver his people and to
establish his kingdom now let me repeat
that the day of the Lord is a period of
time in which God intervenes in history
to accomplish three purposes one to
judge his enemies two to deliver his
people and three to establish ultimately
his kingdom I mentioned to you that
eight of the Old Testament prophets
mention the day of the Lord or the day
of trouble and Joel is perhaps the most
important so let me invite you to turn
back to the Book of Joel now this is
important because Joel is quoted by
Peter in his Pentecostal sermon now in
chapter 1 of Joel uh through o chap 2:
27 we find the day of the Lord typified
that is he's talking about the Locust
plague he's talking about this awful
thing that's happened to the land when
you read this he he talks about how the
animals can't find anything to eat and
how all the vines have dried up and the
farmers are repenting and he calls upon
everyone to lament and to repent that
God might take away this awful plague
now this goes from chapter 1 verse 1
through chapter
2:27 the day of the Lord is typified now
the prophet uses this experience to talk
about the day of the Lord prophesied
chapter 2: 28 through chapter 3: 21 and
he uses this as an object lesson notice
verse 28 of chapter 2 and it shall come
to pass after
word that I will pour out my spirit on
All Flesh your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy your old men shall dream
dreams your young men shall see visions
and also on my men's servants and on my
maid servants I will pour out my spirit
days now before the day of the Lord
certain things are going to happen and
we have them listed in verse
28-32 number one he talks about the
spirit he says the Holy Spirit will be
given not just to Jewish people but to
Gentiles as well Sons and Daughters not
just to men but to women not just to the
old elders but to the young men then
there are going to be some signs after
talking about the spirit he talks about
the signs in verse 30 and I will show
wonders in the heavens and in the earth
blood and fire and pillars of smoke the
sun shall be turned into darkness the
moon into blood before the coming of the
great and able day of the Lord you see
uh before the day of the Lord You're
going to have the the spirit being
poured out you're going to have uh
certain signs that are going to be given
and of course it's going to end in
Salvation verse 32 it shall come to pass
that whoever calls in the name of the
Lord shall be saved for in Mount Zion
and in Jerusalem there shall be
Deliverance now this is before the day
of the Lord Peter quoted this but you'll
notice at Pentecost there were no
wonders in the heavens or on the earth
they didn't see any blood or fire or
pillars of smoke the sun didn't turn
into darkness the moon didn't turn into
blood and these awful judgments did not
come why because Peter did not say that
Pentecost was a fulfillment of Joel's
prophecy all that Peter said was this is
that which was spoken by Joel The
Prophet now what was Joel speaking of
about the holy spirit of
God uh this is that which was spoken by
the prophet Joel what is that the Holy
Spirit the same holy spirit that Joel
said would be poured out now has been
poured out but the great and terrible
day of the Lord has not yet come now in
Chapter 3 of Joel veres 1-1 17 he tells
us not what's going to happen before the
day of the Lord but during the day of
the Lord talk about the Judgment that is
coming then after the day of the Lord
verses 18- 21 he's going to set up the
kingdom and there's going to be peace
and forgiveness for God's people Israel
now the day of the Lord is that period
of time when God is going to intervene
in history he's going to judge his
enemies he's going to deliver his people
and he's going to establish his kingdom
the day of the Lord is a day of judgment
it is a day when the wrath of God will
be poured out upon this world you'll
find it described I think in Revelation
6- 20 when God intervenes in history and
when God brings about judgments on this
world now the people in thessalonica
thought that they were already in the
day of the Lord look at chapter 2 of 2
Thessalonians chapter chapter 2 of 2
Thessalonians verse 1 now Brethren
concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ and our gathering together to him
we ask you not to be soon shaken in mind
or troubled either by Spirit somebody
got up in the meeting and said we're now
in the day of the Lord well they weren't
led by the Holy Spirit or by word
someone gave them some word of knowledge
or by letter uh as if from us was a
forgery apparently somebody forged a
letter in the name of Paul and said that
we are now in the day of the Lord as
though the day of the Lord had come they
thought because of all the persecution
they were going through that they were
already in the day of the Lord he said
no you are not in the day of the Lord
and then he goes on to explain certain
things have to happen before the day of
the Lord can come and of course first I
think on that schedule is we must be
caught up together to meet the Lord in
the air that's what Paul dealt with in
chapter 4:
13-18 he explained what will happen when
Jesus comes now he's going to explain in
chapter 5: 1- 11 what will happen
afterward you see I do not believe I am
going to be here I base it on chapter
5:9 for God did not appoint us to wrath
but to obtain salvation through our Lord
Jesus Christ now let me hasten to say
that good and godly people disagree on
prophetic matters nobody will ever be
kept out of Heaven because he disagreed
about prophecy we don't make prophecy a
test of fellowship or spirituality but I
do believe God is encouraging these
people through Paul and encouraging us
by saying the day of the Lord deals with
them not with you it's going to be a day of
of
judgment now the little phrase times and
seasons verse one but concerning the
times and the seasons Brethren you have
no need that I should write unto you the
day of the Lord is a specific event and
the day of the Lord is a sure event God
has his plan God has his times and his
Seasons we don't always understand these
things in Acts chapter 1 you recall they
asked the Lord about the establishing of
the Kingdom acts 1:7
the reply was given it is not for you to
know the times or the seasons which the
father has put in his own authority now
we don't know all these details our job
is to witness not to be Spectators or
speculators but God has his times in his
Seasons he's working his plan the day of
the Lord is a specific event and the day
of the Lord is a sure event and the day
of the Lord is a secret event like a
thief in the night when people have a
false sense of security then this is
going to happen finally it's going to be
a sudden event because it's going to be
like a woman whose birth Pains come upon
all of a sudden and there's going to be
the coming of the day of the Lord now
the Lord Jesus used a similar kind of
language when he talked about future
events and uh in fact this phrase
travail a woman in travail is often used
in the old Old Testament as a picture of
sudden judgment coming travail a sudden
event Matthew chap 24 the Lord Jesus
talks about that and you'll find it in
verse 8 he talks about this all these
are the beginning of Sorrows now the
word sorrows in the Greek is the word
birth Pang he talks about the birth
pains that are going to come the pain
that's suddenly going to come to society
when the day of the Lord arrives a
sudden event now it's also a secret
event he talks about the thief verse Two
For You yourselves know perfectly that
the day of the Lord so comes as a thief
in the night by the way the Lord Jesus
used that same phrase uh in his oliv it
discourse he talked about the thief
coming if the man had known when the
thief was coming then he would have
watched and would not have allowed his
house to be broken into and so the day
of the Lord the times and the seasons
the thief in the night and the travail
these four terms tell us what the day of
the Lord is like it is a specific event
it is a sure event it's a sudden event
and it is a secret event when people are
in false
security then they are going to uh say
peace and safety and then sudden
destruction is going to come you might
want to turn in your Bible to Matthew chap
chap
24 and verse 36 Matthew
24:36 the Lord Compares this time of
judgment to the days of Noah but of that
day and hour no one knows know not even
the angels of heaven but my father only
but as the days of Noah were so also
will be the coming of the son of man
for as in the days before the flood they
were eating and drinking marrying and
giving in marriage until the day that
Noah entered the Ark and did not know
until the flood came and took them all
away so also will be the coming of the
son of man knowledge in contrast to
ignorance now what's he saying simply
this life was going on normally uh
people were getting engaged and married
they were having parties and banquets
they were eating and drinking and their
everyday activities and Noah had
ministered and witnessed and they
wouldn't believe him they did not really
believe that a flood was coming and then
it came it came like a thief in the
night all of a sudden Bang there it was
a secret event and when it suddenly
appeared they were caught
unprepared our Lord also tells us in
Luke 17 it will be like the days of lot
lot was living in Sodom and Sodom was
going to be destroyed along with gamor
and the other cities of the plain where
there was such awful
wickedness and the people got up that
morning the sun rose like it had for
years and uh they went about their
business the paper boys were delivering
the newspapers and the baker was baking
bread and the storekeeper opened his
store and then all of a sudden bang the
Judgment came false security it's going
to be a secret event it's going to catch
people by surprise now he says it's not
going to catch Believers by surprise
because we know that these events are
coming we don't know when we're going to
be prepared for
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