1. 1 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…”

2. 2 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!

3. 3 WHAT THE TEXT SAYS THESSALONIANS BEING PERSECUTED THESSALONIANS PROMISED RELIEF (ANESIS) FROM THAT REAL LIFE PERSECUTION. AT THE PAROUSIA OF JESUS CHRISTTHAT RELIEF TO COME AT THE PAROUSIA OF JESUS CHRIST

4. 4 THE PERSECUTION PRESENT PARTICIPIAL FORM OF THILIPSIS- FOUR TIMES PERSECUTION FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST45 TIMES IN NT—PERSECUTION FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST THLIPSIS IS NOT CANCER, HEART ATTACKS, FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, OR TEENAGE KIDS!!THLIPSIS IS NOT CANCER, HEART ATTACKS, FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, OR TEENAGE KIDS!!

5. 5 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!!

6. 6 THE RELIEF / REST NOT REWARD-“REST” FROM ANESIS. IN ALL OCCURRENCES, IT IS RELIEF— NOT REWARD--FROM THE PRESSURE INDICATED BY THLIPSIS. THESSALONIANS UNDER THLIPSIS OF PERSECUTION FOR CHRIST’S SAKE. PAUL PROMISED RELIEF FROM THAT PERSECUTION!

7. 7 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?

8. 8 1 THESS. 4:13F2 THESS. 1:4F THE LORD HIMSELF SHALL DESCEND THE LORD JESUS SHALL BE REVEALED WITH THE ANGELS RESURRECTION REWARD OF DEADVINDICATION 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

9. 9 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.

10. 10 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

11. 11 THE CHOICES IF CHRIST DID NOT COME WHILE THEY WERE BEING PERSECUTED, AND GIVE THEM RELIEF: PAUL LIED OR HE FAILED STILL ALIVE AND BEING PERSECUTEDTHESSALONIANS STILL ALIVE AND BEING PERSECUTED THESSALONIANS BEING PERSECUTED AFTER DEATH!! THE RELIEF WOULD COME AT THE PAROUSIA-- THIS MEANS THE THLIPSIS WOULD BE ONGOING AT THE PAROUSIA

12. 12 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 OF ISAIAH 2:10F2 THESS. 1:10 DIRECT QUOTE OF ISAIAH 2:10F (LXX VERSION)

13. 13 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

14. 14 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

15. 15 JESUS, PAUL AND ISAIAH PROMISE OF BLOOD VINDICATION– 4:4-  LUKE 23:28-31 JESUS APPLIED ISAIAH TO A.D. 70!! SAME VERSE, ON SAME TOPIC!!JESUS AND PAUL QUOTE FROM SAME VERSE, ON SAME TOPIC!! MATTHEW 23 AND MARTYR VINDICATION-  2 THES. 1:4F

16. 16 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

17. 17 MATTHEW 231 THESS 2:15-17 PROPHETS JESUS APOSTLES FILLING THE MEASURE JUDGMENT IMMINENT AT CHRIST’S COMING (A.D. 70-THRASHER) AT CHRIST’S COMING (A.D. 70-THRASHER)

18. 18 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

19. 19 2 THESSALONIANS 1REVELATION 6 PAST AND PRESENT SUFFERING PAST SUFFERING, MORE SUFFERING CRY FOR VINDICATION COMING RELIEFREST A LITTLE WHILE VINDICATION AND REST AT THE PAROUSIA VINDICATION AT THE PAROUSIA PROMISE OF VINDICATION FROM ISAIAH 2-4 IN A.D. 70—MT. 23

20. 20 PROBLEM FOR TRADITION! MILLENNIALISTS: RAPTURE REMOVES CHURCH FROM EARTH CHURCH NOT ON EARTH AT THE 2 ND COMING! 2 THESSALONIANS= 2 ND COMING- TO DELIVER ISRAEL, NOT THE CHURCH! (PENTECOST, 211) CHURCHPAUL SAYS THE CHURCH WOULD BE IN TRIBULATION AT 2 ND COMING!

21. 21 ARGUMENT 2 THESSALONIANS PROMISED RELIEF, FROM JEWISH TRIBULATION, TO THE CHURCH, AT THE 2 ND COMING. ACCORDING TO MILLENNIALISM CHURCH IS NOT ON EARTH, AND NOT PERSECUTED BY ISRAEL, AT 2 ND COMING MILLENNIALISM IS WRONG PER 2 THESSALONIANS 1!

22. 22 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

23. 23 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!