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By studying 1st and 2nd Thessalonians, we get to read some of Paul’s first scriptural statements about the glories of Christ. We also notice Paul’s great compassion and love toward this young Thessalonian church, which may have been only six months old when Paul is writing First Thessalonians. Despite being young, she is doing generally well. Although it is true that there are some difficulties;...

nature of a future millennium. There are honest disagreements here even among conservative scholars. One’s millennial position (e.g., postmillennial, dispensational) does partially affect the interpretation of these two sections in 1 Thessalonians. For example, traditional dispensationalists consider 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 to be referring to the future event which they call the ‘Rapture’, and not to the Second Coming.4 However, there is also much interpretative agreement among the various millennial
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