(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV]) Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I
command you.
(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV]) Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
(Isaiah 28:10 [KJV])
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
(Isaiah 28:13 [KJV])
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
(2 Peter 1:20 [KJV])
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
All of the studies, book or topical, found here, are done with research with mainly two things: The KING JAMES BIBLE and a plain old, 1828 Webster's Dictionary. Why? Outside of actually studying secular and Jewish history, archaeology, one needs nothing more. You do not need foreign, dead languages that no one speaks, lexicons, concordances or commentaries, because they differ not only with one another and with the KING JAMES BIBLE, but they create division, confusion, debate, and unbelief. We do not need them. That Word of God written and preserved for us in our own language is supposed to be enough, like the Old Testament was for the Jews, and the New Testament for the early Christians in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, etc. There are studies within as tangents on words, subjects found within the two testaments, as to broaden the scope of the study, to learn more, deeper truths. This is not an intellectual site with PhDs, theologians, and no worldly wisdom.. Check everything out, everything. Not just here, but with everything you read and see and hear. Be Bereans:
(Acts 17:11 [KJV])
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Always research for yourself, use all of the context, and never privately interpret!
2 Thessalonians Chapter 1: JESUS CHRIST IS COMING, IN ALL HIS GLORY, NO WORRIES
This set of two letters to the Christians in Thessalonika is about persecution, the intense amount that first came from the Jews, now from the Romans. The Christians were to bow down to statues of Caesar, which were literally placed all over the Roman Empire. If not, then they were The Romans would take a keg of wine, dedicate it to the gods Venus or Caesar, and then sprinkle it all over the food supply in the marketplace. Eating it were eating things sacrificed to idols, worshipping a false god, which they refused to do, steadfastly. if they refused, they were called out, marked, persecuted. This got so bad that they thought that they were in the Great Tribulation, that they missed the Rapture, or that this Pre-Tribulation Rapture was a false teaching. They were upset that they were lied to, not realizing that they were under The Great Judgment of the Great Tribulation. Paul had to fix this false teaching them, showing them to order of vents, with the Pre-Tribulation Rapture being the first event, which could happen at any time, including then. Paul assured them that God knew, God was watching and God will take vengeance for them, so endure it.
(2 Thessalonians 1:1 [AKJV/PCE])
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Same people, same church, same city location, additional message
We, as saved, are IN the Father and IN the Son, the LORD Jesus Christ, hid in Christ
(Philippians 3:1 [AKJV/PCE])
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
(2 Thessalonians 1:2 [AKJV/PCE])
Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
The salutation associated with Paul so often
Grace always precedes peace, because without grace with God, there is no peace.
(2 Thessalonians 1:3 [AKJV/PCE])
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
Bound, as in proper, obligated, fitting, (meet), as in proper, because they are owed this
Charity is love, giving and spreading it, in every form
(2 Thessalonians 1:4-6 [AKJV/PCE])
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
We can boast on the work of others who we raised up, taught and watched walk with the LORD after us
(2 Timothy 3:11-13 [AKJV/PCE])
Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
(John 13:16 [AKJV/PCE])
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
(Luke 6:40 [AKJV/PCE])
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
(Matthew 10:24 [AKJV/PCE])
The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
(2 Timothy 2:12 [AKJV/PCE])
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
(2 Thessalonians 1:7 [AKJV/PCE])
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Holy God, Holy Justice, not from us, but from Him
(2 Thessalonians 1:10 [AKJV/PCE])
When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
The main point being made is "them that believe", not the world, not the unbelievers, because that is our testimony, and it gives us a testimony of how we cam to believe, and a believable testimony, not adorned, not overstated, not embellished, just straight up
Glorified IN His saints, not just BY them, not just BY their behavior, who walk with Him, but an outward shining from an inward light
Jesus is to be worshiped, loved, admired-AND OBEYED because of it
(2 Thessalonians 1:11 [AKJV/PCE])
Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
Paul is telling them that he wishes for them to walk with the LORd so that God would use them in ministry for His glory
Praying always, always a Paul thing, pray without ceasing
(2 Thessalonians 1:12 [AKJV/PCE])
That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is why we work, to glorify God, not ourselves
Our glory in heaven will shine one day, if we are in Him also, as He is in us
