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Quiet first-century town at night, closed gate and changing storm-lit horizon; metaphor of surprise, no staged thief or pregnant suffering woman.
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1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

The unexpected day

Children of the Day, a Community of Peace · 1 Thessalonians 5

Story guide: The day of the Lord arrives unexpectedly despite claims of security. This is an interpretive visual essay, not a record of an otherwise unreported event.

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1Concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you,

2For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.

3When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will certainly not escape.

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