Day 90 – The Coming of the Lord – 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11
This letter from Paul to the church in Thessalonica is probably the earliest writing of the New Testament. The followers of Jesus were suffering for their faith. Note that this suffering was not governmental persecution but more along the lines of social ostracizing. Friends and neighbors no longer would interact with those following Jesus.
So Paul discusses the great hope to come. Jesus will return to right all wrongs. Their suffering will turn to joy. This is our great hope as well.
We will look at Revelation in a couple of weeks. Start to think now about viewing the return of Christ not as a time of fear, but as a time of hope.
An interesting sidebar is that these particular verses are used to justify belief in the “rapture”, which is the basis of the Left Behind series of books and movies. This idea may make a lot of money but does not match the description found here.
In Christ,
Randy
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