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2 THESSALONIANS 1:4F

• “TO YOU WHO ARE TROUBLED, REST, WHEN THE LORD JESUS IS REVEALED FROM HEAVEN, IN FLAMING FIRE, TAKING VENGEANCE ON THOSE THAT KNOW NOT GOD, AND THAT OBEY NOT HIS COMMANDMENTS. WHO SHALL BE PUNISHED WITH EVERLASTING DESTRUCTION FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD…”

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PAUL AND THE HOPE OF ISRAEL

• PAUL SAID HIS ESCHATOLOGY WAS NOTHING BUT “THE HOPE OF ISRAEL”

• ACTS 24:14F—MOSES AND PROPHETS

• ACTS 26:6F HOPE OF 12 TRIBES• ACTS 28:16F– THE HOPE OF

ISRAEL• MORE ON THIS MOMENTARILY!

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WHAT THE TEXT SAYS• THESSALONIANS BEING PERSECUTED

• THESSALONIANS PROMISED RELIEF (ANESIS) FROM THAT REAL LIFE PERSECUTION.

• THAT RELIEF TO COME AT THE PAROUSIA AT THE PAROUSIA OF JESUS CHRISTOF JESUS CHRIST

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THE PERSECUTION• PRESENT PARTICIPIAL FORM OF THILIPSIS-

FOUR TIMES

• 45 TIMES IN NT—PERSECUTION FOR THE PERSECUTION FOR THE NAME OF CHRISTNAME OF CHRIST

• THLIPSIS IS NOT CANCER, HEART THLIPSIS IS NOT CANCER, HEART ATTACKS, FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, OR ATTACKS, FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, OR

TEENAGE KIDS!!TEENAGE KIDS!!

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1 THES 2 AND 2 THES 1• WRITTEN TO THE SAME CHURCH

• WRITTEN ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM (THLIPSIS)

• SAME PROMISE GIVEN

• RELIEF FROM PERSECUTION- AT THE PAROUSIA, WHEN ISRAEL JUDGED, FOR PERSECUTING THE SAINTS!!

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THE RELIEF / REST• “REST” FROM ANESIS. IN ALL

OCCURRENCES, IT IS RELIEF— NOT NOT REWARD-REWARD--FROM THE PRESSURE

INDICATED BY THLIPSIS.

• THESSALONIANS UNDER THLIPSIS OF PERSECUTION FOR CHRIST’S SAKE.

• PAUL PROMISED RELIEF FROM THAT PERSECUTION!

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THE CHOICES BEFORE US• DID PAUL LIE?

• DID PAUL FAIL AS A PROPHET?

• HE SAID THESSALONIANS WOULD RECEIVE RELIEF FROM PERSECUTION

“WHEN THE LORD JESUS IS REVEALED.”

• DID JESUS COME AND GIVE RELIEF TO THESSALONIANS?

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1 THESS. 4:13F 2 THESS. 1:4F

THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND

THE LORD JESUS SHALL BE REVEALED

WITH THE ANGELS WITH THE ANGELS

RESURRECTION RESURRECTION

REWARD OF DEAD VINDICATION OF MARTYRS

THOSE OF US WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTIL THE COMING OF THE LORD

TO YOU WHO ARE TROUBLED, REST, WITH US, WHEN THE LORD JESUS IS REVEALED

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ARGUMENT• 1 THESS. 4:13-18 AND 2 THESS. 1:4F

SPEAK OF SAME TIME AND EVENT.

• BUT 2 THESS. 1 IS THE SAME AS 1 THESS 2:15F

• 1 THESS. 2:15F = A.D. 70

• THEREFORE, 1 THESS. 4:13F = A.D. 70.

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ARGUMENT• THE DEAD (SOME OF THE DEAD), OF 1

THS. 4 WERE MARTYRS (1 THS. 2:15; 2 THS. 1)

• THE MARTYRS WERE TO BE VINDICATED IN A.D. 70 (MT. 23-24)

• THEREFORE THE DEAD OF 1 THS. 4 WOULD BE VINDICATED IN A.D. 70

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THE CHOICES

• IF CHRIST DID NOT COME WHILE THEY WERE BEING PERSECUTED, AND GIVE THEM RELIEF:

• PAUL LIED OR HE FAILED• THESSALONIANS STILL ALIVE AND BEING STILL ALIVE AND BEING

PERSECUTEDPERSECUTED• THESSALONIANS BEING PERSECUTED AFTER

DEATH!!• THE RELIEF WOULD COME AT THE PAROUSIA-- THIS MEANS THE THLIPSIS WOULD BE ONGOING

AT THE PAROUSIA

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THESSALONIANS AND THE HOPE OF ISRAEL

• REMEMBER: PAUL’S GOSPEL WAS THE HOPE OF ISRAEL! 2 THESSALONIANS WAS

THE HOPE OF ISRAEL!

•HOW?HOW?•2 THESS. 1:10 DIRECT QUOTE 2 THESS. 1:10 DIRECT QUOTE

OF ISAIAH 2:10FOF ISAIAH 2:10F• (LXX VERSION)

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PAUL AND THE HOPE OF ISRAEL

• WAS PAUL, WHO PREACHED NOTHING BUT THE HOPE OF ISRAEL

• WRONG TO USE ISAIAH 2-4

• MISTAKEN TO USE ISAIAH 2-4

• WRONGLY APPLYING THE TEXT

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A LOOK AT ISAIAH 2-4• ISRAEL’S LAST DAYS (2:2F)• DAY OF THE LORD (2:10F; 19F)• TIME OF FAMINE (3:1F)• JUDGMENT OF ISRAEL (3:8, 13F)• TIME OF WAR (3:25)• WHEN GOD WOULD AVENGE SHED

BLOOD (4:4)• GOD’S TABERNACLE BUILT

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JESUS, PAUL AND ISAIAH • PROMISE OF BLOOD VINDICATION–

4:4- LUKE 23:28-31 JESUS APPLIED ISAIAH TO A.D. 70!!

• JESUS AND PAUL QUOTE FROM SAME VERSE, ON SAME TOPIC!!SAME VERSE, ON SAME TOPIC!!

• MATTHEW 23 AND MARTYR VINDICATION- 2 THES. 1:4F

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THE THEME OF THESSALONIANS

• VINDICATION / JUDGMENT OF MARTYRS AND PERSECUTORS

• MATTHEW 23:29-39

• REMEMBER ISAIAH 4:4!- ISRAEL’S BLOOD GUILT PURGED IN THE DAY

OF THE LORD

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MATTHEW 23 1 THESS 2:15-17

PROPHETS PROPHETS

JESUS JESUS

APOSTLES APOSTLES

FILLING THE MEASURE FILLING THE MEASURE

JUDGMENT IMMINENT JUDGMENT IMMINENT

AT CHRIST’S COMING(A.D. 70-THRASHER)

AT CHRIST’S COMING(A.D. 70-THRASHER)

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MATTHEW 23 AND THESSALONIANS

• JESUS: ALL THE MARTYRS VINDICATED IN HIS GENERATION

• 2 THES. IS VINDICATION OF MARTYRS AT PAROUSIA

• THEREFORE, PAROUSIA OF 2 THES. IN JESUS’ GENERATION

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2 THESSALONIANS 1 REVELATION 6

PAST AND PRESENT SUFFERING

PAST SUFFERING, MORE SUFFERING

CRY FOR VINDICATION CRY FOR VINDICATION

COMING RELIEF REST A LITTLE WHILE

VINDICATION AND REST AT THE PAROUSIA

VINDICATION AT THE PAROUSIA

PROMISE OF VINDICATION FROM ISAIAH 2-4

PROMISE OF VINDICATION FROM ISAIAH 2-4

IN A.D. 70—MT. 23 IN A.D. 70—MT. 23

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PROBLEM FOR TRADITION!

• MILLENNIALISTS: RAPTURE REMOVES CHURCH FROM EARTH

• CHURCH NOT ON EARTH AT THE 2ND COMING!

• 2 THESSALONIANS= 2ND COMING- TO DELIVER ISRAEL, NOT THE CHURCH! (PENTECOST, 211)

• PAUL SAYS THE CHURCHCHURCH WOULD BE IN TRIBULATION AT 2ND COMING!

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ARGUMENT• 2 THESSALONIANS PROMISED

RELIEF, FROM JEWISH TRIBULATION, TO THE CHURCH, AT THE 2ND COMING.

• ACCORDING TO MILLENNIALISM CHURCH IS NOT ON EARTH, AND NOT PERSECUTED BY ISRAEL, AT 2ND COMING

• MILLENNIALISM IS WRONG PER 2 THESSALONIANS 1!

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SUMMARY #1• ABOUT THE HOPE OF ISRAEL • EPISTLE WRITTEN TO CHURCH• WRITTEN TO BELIEVERS BEING

PERSECUTED.• PROMISED RELIEF FROM PERSECUTION

AT PAROUSIA• AGREES WITH MATTHEW 23

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SUMMARY #2• PAUL’S HOPE OF ISRAEL FULFILLED IN THE CHURCH— THE TRUE ISRAEL. OLD

COVENANT ISRAEL, THE SHADOW, TO BE REMOVED.

• PAUL LIED, HE FAILED• JESUS DID NOT COME OR:

•JESUS CAME!JESUS CAME!