So, in 5:1, Paul begins by noting that the Thessalonians have no need for anything else to be written to them because nobody knows the “times and the epochs.” Why not? Because from the time of Christ’s earthly ministry, the disciples had been informed that the earthly judgments associated with the day of the Lord would come like a thief in the night (Matt. 24:43; Luke 12:39; 2 Pet. 3:10). Paul’s readers were already aware of this part of the end-times teaching. He had likely taught it to them personally