Understanding Sudden Destruction (22 min)

1 Thessalonians 5:1-9  But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.  2  For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.  3  For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.  4  But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.  5  You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.  6  Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.  7  For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.  8  But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.  9  For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,