The
First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians - Chapter 5:3
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For when they shall say, Peace and safety, then shall come upon them
sudden destruction, as the travail upon a woman with child, and they
shall not escape.
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When
men shall say, that is, wicked and ungodly men, persons in a state of
unregeneracy: when they shall sing a requiem, to themselves, promise
themselves much ease and peace for years to come, and imagine their
persons and property to be very secure from enemies and oppressors,
and shall flatter themselves with much and long temporal happiness.
as on the men of the old world in the times of Noah, and on the
inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah in the days of Lot; for as these,
will be the days of the Son of man, as at the time of the destruction
of Jerusalem, so at the last day; see ( Luke
17:26-30 ) and as was the destruction of literal Babylon, so of
Babylon in a mystical sense, or antichrist and his followers: and
which will be whose anguish and pains are very sharp, the cause of
which is within herself, and which come suddenly upon her, and are
unavoidable; and so the metaphor expresses the sharpness and severity
of the destruction of the wicked, thus the calamities on the Jewish
nation are expressed by a word which signifies the sorrows, pangs,
and birth throes of a woman in travail, ( Matthew
24:8 ) , and likewise that the cause of it is from themselves,
their own sins and transgressions; and also the suddenness of it,
which will come upon them in the midst of all their mirth, jollity,
and security; and moreover, the inevitableness of it, it will
certainly come at the full and appointed time, though that is not
known
and
they shall not escape; the righteous judgment of God, the wrath of
the Lamb, or falling into his hands; to escape is impossible, rocks,
hills, and mountains will not cover and hide them; before the
judgment seat of Christ they must stand, and into everlasting
punishment must they go.
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