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2 Thessalonians
Only a few months after his first letter, Paul wrote to Thessalonica again. The persecution had grown worse, and the church’s hope in Christ’s return had turned, for some, into confusion. A message was circulating — possibly even a forged letter in Paul’s name — claiming that the day of Christ had already arrived. Some believers had stopped working altogether. Paul answers with comfort for the persecuted, a correction for the confused, and a firm word for the idle: the Lord will come, but not before “a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed.”
This series reads 2 Thessalonians chapter by chapter, immediately after this site’s study of 1 Thessalonians — the ninth epistle on the site. Its second chapter is one of the key prophecies of the New Testament, describing a power that would arise within the church itself, exalt itself above God, and sit in the temple of God, and whose work would continue until it is destroyed by the brightness of Christ’s coming.
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When The Lord Jesus Shall Be Revealed From Heaven
a persecuted church whose faith keeps growing is pointed to the day of justice — rest for the troubled when christ is revealed with his mighty angels in flaming fire, everlasting destruction that ends sin rather than prolonging it, and christ glorified in his saints
2 Thessalonians 1The Mystery Of Iniquity
the day of christ had not come and could not, until a falling away within the church and the man of sin — daniel's little horn, exalting itself above god and thinking to change his law, lasting until the brightness of his coming — and the safeguard is the love of the truth
2 Thessalonians 2Be Not Weary In Well Doing
the lord is faithful and will keep his people — but patient waiting for christ means working with quiet hands, not quitting in excitement; if any would not work, neither should he eat, and the one who will not listen is still a brother
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