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Ep 092 (S5E10) Thessalonians Part 4: Christ's Return

John Season 5 Episode 10

References: Happy 4th of July!

  • 1 Th 4:13-18; 5:1-11; 2 Th 2:1-12
    • “Heaven,” “Hell,” and the fullness of God’s Kingdom
      • The mystery - the “resurrection of the body” and the Kingdom in it’s fullness
      • Rapture theology (Darby) and (pre) (post) (a)millennialism confusion
        • ἁρπάζω (har-pad'-zo) caught up (in Latin: raptus)
          • Acts 8:39 - Philip
          • 2 Cor 12:2, 4 - Paul
          • Rev 12:5 - Jesus
        • Matthew 24:37-42
      • 1 Th 4:17 - clouds and air - see MSG 
  • 1 Th 4:13 - grieving with hope
    • Dead or sleeping - falling asleep in a car or on a plane
      • κεκοιμημένων (to still, calm, quiet, to fall asleep, to sleep, to die)
        • Lk 22 - disciples in garden
        • Jn 11 - Lazarus
        • Acts 7 - Stephen
        • Acts 12 - Peter
    • λυπέω (grieving)
      • Mt 17:22-23 (NLT, ESV, MSG)
      • 1 Pt 1:3-9 (vs 6 in ESV)