each): Chap — before the rapture: persecution (tribulation) Chap — before the revelation: Antichrist (man of sin) Chap — how Christians should live now Note the focal point: “The day of the Lord has not come yet!” Observe how it relates to what goes before and to what follows Refer to the Bible text to rm this Where does Paul write speci cally about persecutions and a ictions? Relate this to the chart’s phrase “Don’t be disturbed.” Where does Paul write much about the man of sin? Relate this to the manifestation of the Lord of glory (chap 1) 5 Note the outline at the bottom of the chart that relates to the subject Lord’s return How are the points developed in the sections of the epistle? Note the di erent exhortations and commands shown on the chart What others did you observe in your survey? Compare the title given to this epistle with that of Thessalonians How the two titles reveal two di erent instructional purposes of the epistles? XIII PROMINENT SUBJECTS OF THESSALONIANS A BEFORE THE RAPTURE: PERSECUTION (1:3-12) Paul’s second Thessalonian letter begins on a bright note, commending the saints for their perseverance and faith in severe trials (1:4) Chapter is background to the problem speci cally mentioned in 2:2: persecution before the rapture Just how the two are related is discussed below CHART 95: THESSALONIANS: HE HAS NOT COME YET Recall the key prophetic passage of Paul’s rst letter (4:13-18) Paul very clearly foretold the sudden (though not necessarily immediate) event of the rapture of the saints Then he wrote about the coming, unannounced “day of the Lord,” which shall bring destruction and travail (5:1-5) Whether the Thessalonians interpreted these two “comings” as happening at di erent times, they did associate tribulation with the day of the Lord When a letter forged with ...5 Note the outline at the bottom of the chart that relates to the subject Lord’s return How are the points developed in the sections of the epistle? Note the di erent exhortations... passage of Paul’s rst letter (4:13-18) Paul very clearly foretold the sudden (though not necessarily immediate) event of the rapture of the saints Then he wrote about the coming, unannounced “day of. .. on the chart What others did you observe in your survey? Compare the title given to this epistle with that of Thessalonians How the two titles reveal two di erent instructional purposes of the