Jehovah's Witnesses teach that the cry of peace and security will come from the nations and then God will destroy them.
from the Greek:
1 Thesalonians 5:3 for when they say peace and security then suddenly comes upon them destruction as the labor pains to her in womb is having and no not shall they escape.
Destruction is from the root word ruin. As a matter of fact it is also used at 1 Timothy 6:9 where it says from the Greek;
those moreover desiring to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and desires many unwise and hurtful which sink the men into ruin and destruction.
If you were asked which word in 1 Thesalonians 5:3 is the same as in 1 Timothy 6:9 the right answer would be what is underlines "destruction". You would be wrong.
If the word used at 1 Thesalonians 5:3 was written destruction as it is in 1 Timothy 6:9 thay might be right that it means the end of a person or thing.
My reference say destruction (as in 1 Thess 5:3) does not imply extinction (annihilation) as the Jehovah's Witnesses teach it means, rather it means the consequent loss that goes with the complete undoing.
What have they undone? Simplicity. They are certainly not alone in undoing simplicity. I know them so it is of them I speak.
I see very little in prophesy that promises peace and nothing that promises security. But they say it does say it.
What does sudden mean? I think sudden means no chance of aquittal. It doesn't mean swift. Doesn't it mean no time between the edict and the execution? I think that is what suddenly means.
Why? The answer lies in the word that was changed. The translation says it means they will not escape. But it means to flee. They will not flee. I know why they won't flee.
Those fleeing Sodom escaped with their lives. But those who did not flee were destroyed. It is about fleeing, not escaping.
from the Greek:
1 Thesalonians 5:3 for when they say peace and security then suddenly comes upon them destruction as the labor pains to her in womb is having and no not shall they escape.
Destruction is from the root word ruin. As a matter of fact it is also used at 1 Timothy 6:9 where it says from the Greek;
those moreover desiring to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and desires many unwise and hurtful which sink the men into ruin and destruction.
If you were asked which word in 1 Thesalonians 5:3 is the same as in 1 Timothy 6:9 the right answer would be what is underlines "destruction". You would be wrong.
If the word used at 1 Thesalonians 5:3 was written destruction as it is in 1 Timothy 6:9 thay might be right that it means the end of a person or thing.
My reference say destruction (as in 1 Thess 5:3) does not imply extinction (annihilation) as the Jehovah's Witnesses teach it means, rather it means the consequent loss that goes with the complete undoing.
What have they undone? Simplicity. They are certainly not alone in undoing simplicity. I know them so it is of them I speak.
I see very little in prophesy that promises peace and nothing that promises security. But they say it does say it.
What does sudden mean? I think sudden means no chance of aquittal. It doesn't mean swift. Doesn't it mean no time between the edict and the execution? I think that is what suddenly means.
Why? The answer lies in the word that was changed. The translation says it means they will not escape. But it means to flee. They will not flee. I know why they won't flee.
Those fleeing Sodom escaped with their lives. But those who did not flee were destroyed. It is about fleeing, not escaping.
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