1 Thessalonians 5:1

4. The second advent, though not at hand, will be a sudden surprise to those upon whom it does come, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11.

1. But This very distinct outline of the event of Christ’s coming I can reveal, but the when is in the dark background.

Times and the seasons Of the great closing events of the world. The plural is used, as in Daniel 2:21, Acts 1:7, to denote the general principle that prophecies of the mundane future, though indicated by mystic chronological measures, are essentially timeless. Times are the great time-flows of thousands of years; seasons, the special time-points, or epochs, that divide off the flow. It was on this very point that 2 Peter 3:8 declares that “one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” Prophetic time is measured by the arithmetic of God.

No need For they had already been warned by St. Paul of the entire unrevealedness of times, and were in the Christian state of preparedness.