Warning without hope crushes the soul; hope without warning dulls it. We open Scripture to hold both together as we trace the Day of the Lord through Revelation and 1 Thessalonians and confront a question many avoid: what is God’s wrath, and how should we live in light of it? You’ll hear a clear definition grounded in the Bible’s storyline, then a brighter center—why those in Christ are not destined for wrath because Jesus absorbed it fully at the cross.

From there, we map the throughline of Revelation: one visible return of Jesus, a final reckoning that exposes what’s hidden, and a people sealed and kept. Think “greater exodus”—plagues that press for repentance, a persecuted yet preserved church, and a song on the far shore. We unpack Paul’s flow from 1 Thessalonians 4 into 5 to show how rapture, resurrection, and the Day of the Lord describe the same climactic moment, terrifying for the unready and deeply comforting for the awake.

You’ll also get five field-tested encouragements for living ready: endure persecution with Spirit-borne courage, trust your sealing instead of fearing judgment, witness with urgency while you still can, rest in God’s promise that evil has an expiration date, and practice alertness that looks like killing sin, serving neighbors, and keeping your eyes on Christ. Along the way we tackle common confusions, point to the sealing of the saints, and refuse vengeance theft by entrusting judgment to God.