Did 1 Thessalonians 2:16 allude to the destruction of Jerusalem?

1Th 1:

8 For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

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The wrath of God often referred to the final judgment of God. Here the context was the second coming of Jesus.

ESV, 1 Thessalonians 2:

14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews, 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out,

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Jews persecuted Jewish Christians.

and displease God and oppose all mankind 16 by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last!"

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Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
It wasn't the perfect tense.

When Paul wrote this, the destruction of Jerusalem had not happened.

What kind of wrath was Paul talking about? The destruction of the temple?

From this context, the 'wrath' could refer to the immediate spiritual rejection of the wrongful Jews. Paul pointed out the serious consequences of opposition to God’s message. However, it did not exclude the eventual fulfillment of judgment that culminated in the destruction of Jerusalem.

1Th 5:

1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. 2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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Again, the context was the second coming.

9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.

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The word 'wrath' appeared three times in the epistle of 1 Thessalonians. Two times, the context was the second coming. The word 'temple' never even appeared in the entire epistle. It is unlikely that Paul had the temple's destruction in mind when he used the word 'wrath' in 1Th 2:16.

Did 1 Thessalonians 2:16 allude to the destruction of Jerusalem?

It might, but I doubt it.