1 Thess. 5: 11
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
It seems as if the believers were concerned about the end times. Were they living in them? How would they recognize them? Paul reminded them that they did know what was to come about, but by way of reminder, Paul wrote again. The day of the Lord is a surprise event coming when people are unprepared much like a thief in the night. It is when people are most secure feeling satisfied in their lives that sudden destruction will come upon them like a woman in labor. Boom! Definitely scary!
Although this is a scary time for those who do not believe in Jesus, it has a different spin for believers. Unbelievers are of the darkness while believers are children of light. The darkness with all of its drunkeness does not hold an appeal for them any longer. Because our nature has been transformed, we are to keep awake and be sober since we have put on the breastplate of faith and love and the helmet of salvation. We are to watch for His coming and live only for Him. Our destiny is vastly different from those who live in darkness. Unbelievers are destined for wrath, but we are destined for salvation through Jesus. Believers do not need to fear destruction, but they can rest in the knowledge that Jesus will come back to call them home. Such words as these are encouraging.
Father,
Thank You for such wonderful hope. I long for the day then I hear the shout and the trumpet. Help me to be ever watchful and praying as I wait.
In Jesus name,
Amen
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