Post by Michael James Stone on Jun 7, 2012 16:29:09 GMT -8
Was Paul Referring To The End Times Or Eternity?
Q. I frequently hear post-trib believers say that 1 Thes. 5:9 doesn’t promise believers escape from the end times judgments but from eternal punishment in Hell. Can this be true?
A. In order to support this position post-trib believers have to ignore the context of 1 Thes. 5:1-9 which is the end times judgments Paul called the Day of the Lord.
From 1 Thes. 5:1 it appears that the Thessalonian believers had asked Paul if he knew the timing of these judgments. He wouldn’t have answered the way he did if they’d asked him about the eternal punishment of unbelievers which comes at a specific time to each unbeliever, not to all of them all at once.
Q. I frequently hear post-trib believers say that 1 Thes. 5:9 doesn’t promise believers escape from the end times judgments but from eternal punishment in Hell. Can this be true?
A. In order to support this position post-trib believers have to ignore the context of 1 Thes. 5:1-9 which is the end times judgments Paul called the Day of the Lord.
From 1 Thes. 5:1 it appears that the Thessalonian believers had asked Paul if he knew the timing of these judgments. He wouldn’t have answered the way he did if they’d asked him about the eternal punishment of unbelievers which comes at a specific time to each unbeliever, not to all of them all at once.