Is there not something coming upon the world, described as sudden destruction, at the time of the day of the Lord?

I Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

  3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

However, isn't this mentioned immediately after the last 6 lines of the preceding chapter, describing the blessed hope, the catching away?

So then chapter 5 then begins with:

I Thessalonians 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.

If only chapter 5 is considered, then wouldn't it seem that the times and seasons is referring to the day of the Lord and the sudden destruction that Paul is about to mention?

But if 5:1 is referring to what Paul had immediately just described in the preceding 6 lines, then wouldn't it be in the context of the blessed hope?

Why was it not necessary for Paul to write to the Christians about the times and seasons?

Is it possible that Christians throughout the entire church age were to be ready to go and looking forward to it, not worrying about it, but willing to serve Jesus until then?

But for those who have not believed upon Jesus, will the catching away of the Christians catch them as off guard, as will the sudden destruction, soon to follow?

They won't be ready, and they won't be looking for it?

Yet, isn't there a difference between the two events, that they are not simultaneous, and not in reverse order?

For those holding a post-trib view, do they not consider that the catching away occurs after the great tribulation?

Wouldn't that view have the church age believers on the earth while all the plagues come upon the earth?

However, didn't Paul then mention the following?

I Thessalonians 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

He mentions wrath, not persecution, as the believers can expect persecution:

II Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

But doesn't he mention, not being appointed to wrath, after mentioning the sudden destruction?

There will be seals, trumpets and vials, and in the description of destruction of the sixth seal, will not those attempting to hide, confess that it is the wrath of the Lamb?

Revelation 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

  16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

When the LORD sent plagues upon Egypt, were not his people Israel safe in Goshen, that part where the plagues didn't fall?

However, are not the believers in Jesus, living amongst everyone else, and not in a special location, severed from the rest?

So, in the post-trib view, wouldn't the earthquakes, hail mingled with blood, bitter water, fire-breathing lion-headed horses, sun scorching, etc., fall upon everyone?

Were not Noah and Lot, and their families, taken out of the way first, before the destruction came?

And was not Israel first safely assembled in a safe place, Goshen, before the plagues began to fall upon Egypt?

Wouldn't the post-trib view be similar to a view which had Noah in the flood, or Lot in the burning of Sodom, or Israel plagued by blood, frogs, flies, locusts, etc?