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1 & 2 Thessalonians: Verse by Verse is unavailable, but you can change that!

Paul’s letters to the church in Thessalonica are often considered two of the less important of his letters, but they were written to an important city and a church facing important issues. In addition to addressing the issue of Christ’s return and the problem of people who refused to work, these letters model a truly loving relationship between a pastor and a congregation. In 1 & 2 Thessalonians...

at that time was worried that those saints who had died would not be around to be “caught up.” This concerns the other side of the parousia: the end of this world and final judgment. Everything in this letter is related to the parousia event, as every aspect of the eschaton (the end of human history) flows from it. In fact, it is virtually synonymous with the “day of the Lord” (1 Thess 5:2; 2 Thess 1:10), which it initiates. The issue clearly relates to the timing of the parousia. The Jewish people
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