and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angelsand to give relief to you who are afflicted with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,
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… But I say rapture and revelation because if you'll notice in verse 7 of... 2 Thessalonians chapter 1, verse 7, he says, And to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus, here's the word, is revealed. Apocalypse, revelation, revealed, unveiled from heaven with his mighty angels. so here he is talking about that second coming of christ which will take place after the rapture so we're talking about two different events and paul will interweave both of these events he did in first thessalonians and he does in second thessalonians so let's call one rapture and the other revelation william mcdonald who wrote a commentary on the whole new testament gives a little outline we're going to put up on the screen so we can just see the difference. I thought this would be helpful to make a comparison. Rapture and Revelation. The rapture, Christ comes to the air. 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. At the revelation or the second coming, he comes to the earth. Zechariah 14. His foot touches the Mount of Olives and it splits in two. …
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 Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power. When he comes in that day to be glorified in his saints and to be admired among all those who believe because our testimony among you was believed. Therefore, we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power, that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. …
… God considers it fair or 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 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 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. Paul says, I've got this unceasing anguish in my heart because I have people. He goes, man, it's like this. You guys, the Christian life is just insane in so many ways. There's this tremendous out-of-control joy. Like, are you kidding me? I'm a son of God, and I'm purified. I'm in his presence, and I'm a member of his body. …