Living Between the Ages: The Day of the Lord in Thessalonians

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Thessalonians: Living In Between the Ages

1 Thess. 5:2-3; 9; 2 Thess. 1:6-10

For you yourselves are fully aware that the

day of the Lord will come like a thief in the

night. While people are saying, “There is

peace and security,” then sudden

destruction will come upon them as labor

pains come upon a pregnant woman, and

they will not escape.

1 Thessalonians 5:2–3

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For God has not destined us for

wrath, but to obtain salvation

through our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Thessalonians 5:9

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For since we believe that Jesus died and

rose again, even so, through Jesus, God

will bring with him those who have fallen

asleep. For this we declare to you by a

word from the Lord, that we who are alive,

who are left until the coming of the Lord,

will not precede those who have fallen

asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:14–15

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For the Lord himself will descend from

heaven with a cry of command, with the voice

of an archangel, and with the sound of the

trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will

rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left,

will be caught up together with them in the

clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we

will always be with the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:16–17

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Henceforth there is laid up for me

the crown of righteousness, which

the Lord, the righteous judge, will

award to me on that day, and not

only to me but also to all who have

loved his appearing.

2 Timothy 4:8

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You also, be patient. Establish your

hearts, for the coming of the Lord is

at hand. Do not grumble against

one another, brothers, so that you

may not be judged; behold, the

Judge is standing at the door.

James 5:8–9

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Do you not know that we are to

judge angels? How much more,

then, matters pertaining to this life!

1 Corinthians 6:3

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And the angels who did not stay

within their own position of

authority, but left their proper

dwelling, he has kept in eternal

chains under gloomy darkness until

the judgment of the great day—

Jude 6

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For if God did not spare angels

when they sinned, but cast them

into hell and committed them to

chains of gloomy darkness to be

kept until the judgment;

2 Peter 2:4

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Or do you not know that the saints

will judge the world? And if the

world is to be judged by you, are

you incompetent to try trivial cases?

1 Corinthians 6:2

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And no creature is hidden from his

sight, but all are naked and

exposed to the eyes of him to

whom we must give account.

Hebrews 4:13

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But because of your hard and

impenitent heart you are storing up

wrath for yourself on the day of wrath

when God’s righteous judgment will be

revealed. He will render to each one

according to his works:

Romans 2:5–6

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to those who by patience in well-doing

seek for glory and honor and

immortality, he will give eternal life; but

for those who are self-seeking and do

not obey the truth, but obey

unrighteousness, there will be wrath

and fury.

Romans 2:7–8

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There will be tribulation and distress

for every human being who does

evil, the Jew first and also the

Greek, but glory and honor and

peace for everyone who does good,

the Jew first and also the Greek.

Romans 2:9–10

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For God shows no partiality.

Romans 2:11

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since indeed God considers it just

to repay with affliction those who

afflict you, and to grant relief to you

who are afflicted as well as to us,

when the Lord Jesus is revealed

from heaven with his mighty angels

2 Thessalonians 1:6–7

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in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on

those who do not know God and on

those who do not obey the gospel of

our Lord Jesus. They will suffer the

punishment of eternal destruction,

away from the presence of the Lord

and from the glory of his might,

2 Thessalonians 1:8–9

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when he comes on that day to be

glorified in his saints, and to be

marveled at among all who have

believed, because our testimony to

you was believed.

2 Thessalonians 1:10

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For God’s wrath is revealed from

heaven against all godlessness and

unrighteousness of people who by

their unrighteousness suppress the

truth,

Romans 1:18

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since what can be known about

God is evident among them,

because God has shown it to them.

Romans 1:19

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For His invisible attributes, that is, His

eternal power and divine nature, have

been clearly seen since the creation of

the world, being understood through

what He has made. As a result, people

are without excuse.

Romans 1:20

HCSB

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2 Thess

alonians

 2:3-4

Let no one deceive you in any way. For

that day will not come, unless the rebellion

comes first, and the man of lawlessness is

revealed, the son of destruction, who

opposes and exalts himself against every

so-called god or object of worship, so that

he takes his seat in the temple of God,

proclaiming himself to be God.

2 Thessalonians 2:3–4

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For as were the days of Noah, so

will be the coming of the Son of

Man.

Matthew 24:37

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For as in those days before the

flood they were eating and drinking,

marrying and giving in marriage,

until the day when Noah entered

the ark,

Matthew 24:38

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The Lord saw that the wickedness

of man was great in the earth, and

that every intention of the thoughts

of his heart was only evil

continually.

Genesis 6:5

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Now the Spirit expressly says that

in later times some will depart from

the faith by devoting themselves to

deceitful spirits and teachings of

demons,

1 Timothy 4:1

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through the hypocrisy of liars whose

consciences are seared.

1 Timothy 4:2

HCSB

Whoever finds his life will lose it,

and whoever loses his life for my

sake will find it.

Matthew 10:39

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“Then they will deliver you up to

tribulation and put you to death, and

you will be hated by all nations for

my name’s sake. And then many

will fall away and betray one

another and hate one another.

Matthew 24:9–10

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And many false prophets will arise

and lead many astray. And because

lawlessness will be increased, the

love of many will grow cold.

Matthew 24:11–12

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But the one who endures to the end

will be saved. And this gospel of the

kingdom will be proclaimed

throughout the whole world as a

testimony to all nations, and then

the end will come.

Matthew 24:13–14

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Let no one deceive you in any way.

For that day will not come, unless

the rebellion comes first, and the

man of lawlessness is revealed, the

son of destruction,

2 Thessalonians 2:3

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who opposes and exalts himself

against every so-called god or

object of worship, so that he takes

his seat in the temple of God,

proclaiming himself to be God.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

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If the God we serve exists, then He can

rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire,

and He can rescue us from the power of

you, the king. But even if He does not

rescue us, we want you as king to know

that we will not serve your gods or worship

the gold statue you set up.”

Daniel 3:17–18

HCSB

I give them eternal life, and they will

never perish, and no one will snatch

them out of my hand.

John 10:28

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He shall speak words against the Most

High, and shall wear out the saints of

the Most High, and shall think to

change the times and the law; and

they shall be given into his hand for a

time, times, and half a time.

Daniel 7:25

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A mouth was given to him to speak

boasts and blasphemies. He was also

given authority to act for 42 months.

He began to speak blasphemies

against God: to blaspheme His name

and His dwelling—those who dwell in

heaven.

Revelation 13:5–6

HCSB

and every spirit that does not

confess Jesus is not from God. This

is the spirit of the antichrist, which

you heard was coming and now is

in the world already.

1 John 4:3

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What will be the basis of judgment on the Day

of the Lord?

“When the Son of Man comes in His

glory, and all the angels with Him, then

He will sit on the throne of His glory. All

the nations will be gathered before

Him, and He will separate them one

from another, just as a shepherd

separates the sheep from the goats.

Matthew 25:31–32

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He will put the sheep on His right

and the goats on the left.

Matthew 25:33

HCSB

The Father, in fact, judges no one

but has given all judgment to the

Son,

John 5:22

HCSB

And He has granted Him the right to

pass judgment, because He is the

Son of Man.

John 5:27

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Jesus said to them, “I assure you:

In the Messianic Age, when the Son

of Man sits on His glorious throne,

you who have followed Me will also

sit on 12 thrones, judging the 12

tribes of Israel.

Matthew 19:28

HCSB

Or don’t you know that the saints will

judge the world? And if the world is

judged by you, are you unworthy to

judge the smallest cases? Don’t you

know that we will judge angels—not to

mention ordinary matters?

1 Corinthians 6:2–3

HCSB

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them

who were given authority to judge. I also saw the

people who had been beheaded because of their

testimony about Jesus and because of God’s

word, who had not worshiped the beast or his

image, and who had not accepted the mark on

their foreheads or their hands. They came to life

and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.

Revelation 20:4

HCSB

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For we must all appear before the

judgment seat of Christ, so that

each one may receive what is due

for what he has done in the body,

whether good or evil.

2 Corinthians 5:10

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and come out—those who have

done good things, to the

resurrection of life, but those who

have done wicked things, to the

resurrection of judgment.

John 5:29

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“Not everyone who says to Me,

‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom

of heaven, but only the one who

does the will of My Father in

heaven.

Matthew 7:21

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The one who rejects Me and

doesn’t accept My sayings has this

as his judge: The word I have

spoken will judge him on the last

day.

John 12:48

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And he commanded us to preach to

the people and to testify that he is

the one appointed by God to be

judge of the living and the dead.

Acts 10:42

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