the glory of his might, when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at in all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed” (2 Thessalonians 1:7–10). This heavy message connects acceptance of Paul’s message to the promise of eternal happiness. This requires a leap of faith that many in the congregation simply cannot make. When Paul taught that Jesus of Nazareth had come as the Messiah, he merely made specific a general doctrine that most Jews of the