Edification and Thessalonian Tribulations

Now, as we go forward, my friends, and look at what Paul says before we go forward, look at what he says at the end of the chapter in verse 11: "Therefore, comfort each other and edify one another, just as you are doing." And that's what we all need to do is edify the Christians. Edify the Jewish people if you love them, to edify them, just like Paul did. I mean, go read the Apostle Paul's trajectory throughout his ministry. He went to the Jew first, they rejected. He went to the Gentile, went back to the Jews. He didn't care if he was rejected or not, because he loved God. And he wanted people to be educated. He wanted people to have eternal life, both Jew and Gentile, or in this case, Jew and Christian, if you want to call it, because our brothers on both sides, like we always say on this channel, are out of alignment in their own way because of religion. And we've got to get back to the word of God, which is the Torah, the Prophets, and the Psalms, and the New Covenant, and the Gospel accounts. And people are going to be offended because that's what Messiah said. He offended everybody. Prophets offended everybody. Moses surely offended everybody, still does. And also the Apostle Paul offended people. You know, the disciples offended people. So, who cares what people think? Let them be offended. Let them stay offended if they don't like this, because I'd rather have them offended than not to go search this out for themselves. And like I've always said, I told this to somebody the other day who was a very good friend of mine. I said, "I would rather you hate me and me tell you the truth than you love me and, 'Okay, awesome, you're doing great.'" No, that's just not who I am. You know, everybody else go to Joel Osteen. He'll give you a good motivational speech, or any of these prosperity teachers. Go ahead, and you'll be caught as a thief in the night for sure because they don't know what's going on.

2 Thessalonians 1, as we continue the trajectory of what Paul is showing us. "We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly in love." Okay, so let me back up. I'm sorry. Let me back up and take a quick breath because I should set this up. So Paul, when he wrote the first letter, he sent it to them. Now he's following up as a second letter with the same understanding but really more education for all of us to understand as we look at the resurrection, the day of the Lord, and the confirmation that we are reading 1 Thessalonians 4 and 5 the correct way.

So before we compound to thank Yah always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly. Amen. And the love of every one of you all abounds towards each other. So that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you do endure. He's talking to the Thessalonians back 2,000 years ago, which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer. Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Yeshua is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels.

So again, he's talking to only the Thessalonians about the tribulation that they were going through and what he wanted the other people who were persecuting them to go through their tribulation. He's not talking about the seven-year tribulation here. He's talking to the Thessalonians who lived 2,000 years ago. So we've got to understand the proper understanding of who he's speaking with, which is manifest evidence of the... Okay, excuse me, I've already read that. And again, verse seven, "and to give those who trouble you rest with us when the Lord Yeshua is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels." So again, he's talking about the day of the Lord in flaming fire, which is the day of the Lord, taking vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power when He comes in the day of the Lord to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.

So Paul is trying to uplift the Thessalonians, encouragement. They've gone through tribulation that he wants the other people to go through tribulation because they persecuted them. And he says that He's going to give you those who are troubled rest when we, when the Lord Yeshua is revealed from heaven. Amen. With His mighty angels. Again, when is that? Of course, it's the day of the Lord on the Feast of Trumpets forward. In flaming fire, taking vengeance on those who do not know God and those who do not obey Him. Those shall be punished with everlasting destruction. Hello, Christianity. From the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power when He comes in the day. What is that day? Of course, the day of the Lord, not the tribulation. To be glorified in His saints and be admired among those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed. Amen and amen and amen.

So again, Paul is only talking about the day of the Lord here. He's not talking about the seven-year tribulation, the Antichrist, and none of that stuff yet. He's about to, but not right now. He's tied all this in to the day of the Lord, which we again win on the Feast of Trumpets, 10-day war, judgment, Isaiah 63, Isaiah 34, really throughout all of the scriptures of the day of the Lord prophecies, which we're going to go through during those 10 days here coming up. We're going to, I want to show you that as well, because of again, a lot of misunderstanding with that as well.