2Thessalonians Summary Message; Season 12, Episode 101 (30min)

"Navigating a Hostile Culture: Courage, Composure and Commitment"

 

The Outline: 

Salutation   (1:1-2)

  I.  PERSECUTION:
WAITING with COURAGE (1:3-12)

1. Thanksgiving (1:3-4)
2. Encouragement (1:5-10)
3. Prayer(1:11-12)

 I.  PROPHECY:
WATCHING with COMPOSURE (2:1-17)

1. Gathered to the Lord Jesus Christ (2:1-2)
   — The “Day of the Lord”: NOT YET
2. Unalarmed by the Day of the Lord (2:3-12)
   — The “Man of Lawlessness”: REVEALED
3. Saved through the Work of the Spirit (2:13-17)
   — The “Gospel”: STAND FIRM

III.  PRACTICE:
WORKING with COMMITMENT (3:1-15)

1. Confidence(3:1-5)
2. Command(3:6-10)
3. Confrontation(3:11-13)
4. Consequences(3:14)
5. Caution(3:15)

Signature  (3:16-18)

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Chart: The Rapture and The Revelation

By William MacDonald*

 

      The Rapture                                     The Revelation

Christ comes in the air                  Christ comes to the earth
     (1Thess 4:16-17)                                  (Zech 14:4)

Christ comes for His saints           Christ comes with His saints
         (1Thess 4:16-17)                        (1Thess 3:13; Jude 14)

          Unknown in the                                Predicted in the
           Old Testament                                  Old Testament
             (1Cor 15:51)                          (Psa 72; Isa 11; Zech 14)

Not preceded by any signs                  Proclaimed by signs
                                                                      (Matt 24:29-30)

        The Day of Christ                           The Day of the Lord
(1Cor 1:8; 2Cor 1:14; Phil 1:6, 10)          (2Thess 2:1-12)

                Blessing                                            Judgment
            (1Thess 4:18)                                  (2Thess 2:8-12)

  In the twinkling of an eye                      Visible worldwide
             (1Cor 15:52)                    (Zech 14:1-5; Matt 16:27; 24:30)

              The Church                              Israel and the Nations
(John 14:1-4; 1Cor 15:51-58;                 (Matt 24:1-25:46)
         1Thess 4:13-18)

Christ comes as the bright               Christ comes as the sun
         and morning star                   of righteousness with healing
              (Rev 22:16)                                          (Mal 4:2)

 

* Believer's Bible Commentary: Old and New Testaments, William MacDonald; Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN, 1995, page #2050.