Hello,
I noticed that each chapter in Thessalonians ends with the coming of Christ.
1:10 ...Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
2:19 ...presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming?
3:13 ...at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
4:17 ...Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
5:23 ...preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
4:18 Tells the Thessalonians to comfort one another with these words. Do we refer to the coming of Christ often to encourage each other? Just thinkin!
Do you all agree these references ALL refer to the final judgment day? If not, please share.
Another thought; Like Phil. 1:6 "He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ," Thess. 5:25 says, "He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it." Jesus is sufficient for me!
In Him,
Steph
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Great observations, Stephanie. I hadn't put all of that together, but it makes sense in light of the last part of chapter 4 and chapter 5. It struck me as funny how Paul is tooling along in the first 3 and 1/2 chapters telling the Thessalonians how much he loved them, how proud he was of their faith and how they needed to just grow more and more in their faith and love and then all of the sudden, at the bottom of chapter 4, he seems to jump tracks and begins a dissortation about the second coming. It seems that Paul's brain works kind of like mine--I'll have one thought and then, for no explainable reason, I'll have a completely different thought! ha ha
ReplyDeleteI'm loving this study and particularly am in love with Paul's conversation about when Christ will come again because it is the basis for the Christian's hope in this life. I love it that Paul tell us that do not grieve like those who have no hope. Having just left Andrew Knight's funeral, those are very, very timely comments.
Anyone have any thoughts on what it means to strive for sanctification and how that plays out in our every day lives? I'd love to hear your ideas.
Happy studying,
Jean