Brief Summary: Paul greets the church at Thessalonica and encourages and exhorts them. He commends them for what he hears they are doing in the Lord, and he prays for them (2nd Thessalonians 1 : 11 – 12). In chapter 2, Paul explains what will happen in the Day of the Lord (2nd Thessalonians 2 : 1 – 12). Paul then encourages them to stand firm and instructs them to keep away from idle men who don’t live by the gospel (2nd Thessalonians 3 : 6).
The church in Thessalonica still had some misconceptions about the Day of the Lord. They thought it had come already so they stopped with their work. They were being persecuted badly. Paul wrote to clear up misconceptions and to comfort them.
Paul refers to several Old Testament passages in his discourse on the end times, thereby confirming and reconciling the OT prophets. Much of his teaching on the end times in this letter is based on the prophet Daniel and his visions. In 2nd Thessalonians 2 : 3 – 9, he refers to Daniel’s prophecy regarding the “man of sin” (Daniel 7 – 8).
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