by Terry Wane Benton<\/p>\n
Is “this day” (I Thessalonians 5:4) the destruction of Jerusalem?<\/p>\n
No! If “this day” is talking to the Thessalonians about the coming of the Lord in wrath on Jerusalem:<\/p>\n
If not, then the Lord Himself did not descend from heaven with a shout, and the dead were not raised in AD 70, and the whole doctrinal deck of cards played by Realized Eschatologists falls flat and they are caught being false teachers who must be marked and avoided (Romans 16:17).<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Terry Wane Benton Is “this day” (I Thessalonians 5:4) the destruction of Jerusalem? No! If “this day” is talking to the Thessalonians about the coming of the Lord in wrath on Jerusalem: How would that day overtake the Thessalonians as a thief? How did “sudden destruction” overtake any Thessalonians? Why did everyone “escape?” (I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[839,1074,744,339],"class_list":["post-61979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-destruction-of-jerusalem","tag-i-thessalonians","tag-preterism","tag-second-coming"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70236,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/will-the-tribulation-come-after-the-rapture\/","url_meta":{"origin":61979,"position":0},"title":"Will the Tribulation Come After the Rapture?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton Be careful not to assume that what you hear about the tribulation and the rapture is grounded in sound biblical exegesis. 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