What is it to WAIT for the Lord? (2 Thessalonians 3)
Paul concludes this epistle to the Thessalonians requesting prayer and commanding that all Christians should work to provide for themselves.
Paul concludes this epistle to the Thessalonians requesting prayer and commanding that all Christians should work to provide for themselves.
In chapter 2, Paul corrects the false teaching that has been circulating in the Thessalonians church that they are in the Day of the Lord. He instructs them about things that must precede this event and further expands on the key person of it – the Anti-Christ.
Chapter 1 is more of an amplified greeting of Paul to the Thessalonians, He acknowledges their sufferings for their faith in Christ Jesus as an evidence of God’s grace and reminds them of Christ’s judgment on those who have caused their suffering at His return.
Introduction to 2 Thessalonians
Paul continues his eschatological teachings concerning the Day of the Lord, a unique time of God’s judgment on the whole earth. And he closes his letter exhorting the Thessalonians to holy living, looking to the Coming of Christ (Rapture).