The Eschatology of the Thessalonian Epistles

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The studies listed on this page concern the eschatological point of view that can be found in both of Paul’s epistles to the Thessalonians. The theme expressed by Paul is the coming of the Lord, and one can demonstrate very easily that this is so. For example, Paul mentions the coming of the Lord in (1Thessalonians 1:10; 2:19; 3:13; 4:13-18; 5:23; 2Thessalonians 1:7-10; 2:1-8; 3:5), that is, in each chapter of both epistles, Paul refers at least once to the Lord’s coming. Therefore, we are able to draw from this that eschatology is a main theme of both of these epistles.

Many believe that the coming of the Lord as described in 1Thessalonians 4:13-18 concerns an event that is yet to occur some 2000 years after Paul wrote to the Thessalonians, Nevertheless, this is a wrong analysis, and this can be demonstrated by showing the context of all of Paul’s references to the coming of the Lord in the chapters before 1Thessalonians 4 and in all of the chapters in 2Thessalonians point to Jesus’ coming in judgment of the Jews in 70 AD. Thus, it becomes the problem of those who disagree to show how 1Thessalonians 4 is different from every other mention of Jesus’ coming throughout both epistles to the Thessalonians.

These studies have been largely drawn from a YouTube study series delivered by Don K. Preston, the President of the Preterist Research Institute of Ardmore, Oklahoma.

1. Introduction to Eschatology of 1 & 2Thessalonians
2. First Thessalonians & the Olivet Prophecy
3. 1 Thessalonians & the Great Tribulation
4. Thessalonian Believers & Judean Believers
5. First Thessalonians and Persecution
6. First Thessalonians and Zechariah
7. The Death of Believers and Christ’s Return
8. May God Preserve You Until…
9. Persecution and Audience Relevance
10. Judgment Upon the Persecutors
11. Persecution and the Coming of the Lord
12. In That Day
13. Are There Two Returns of Christ?
14. Our Gathering Together In Christ
15. First & Second Thessalonians and Isaiah
16. The Day of the Lord Was Yesterday
17. Lawlessness and the Falling Away
18. Essential Elements of the Day of the Lord
19. The 2000 Year Old Man!
20. Why Are the Thessalonians Dismayed?
21. He Led Captivity Captive
22. No New Revelation
23. Six Parallels Between Paul and Jesus
24. We Who Are Alive and Remain
25. The Resurrection of Matthew 27
26. At the Sound of the Trumpet
27. The Last Trump
28. The Feast of Trumpets
29. This Is Not a Rapture!
30. Meeting the Lord – Fellowship Restored
31. We Shall Meet Him in the AIR!
32. Thessalonians and Daniel 7
33. The Times and the Seasons
34. As a Thief in the Night
35. Travail Upon a Woman with Child
36. God Has Not Appointed Us to Wrath
37. Restoration of Fellowship Lost in Adam
38. A Summation of the Arguments