Publication

2019 - HarperCollins Publishers

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100310518717
  • ISBN-139780310518716
  • Library of Congress Control Number2019021673
  • OCLC Control Number1090201474
  • Better World Books9780310518716
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Classifications

  • LCCBS2725.52.G87 2019
  • LCCBS2725.52 .G87 2019

Description

In the First Century, the Thessalonian church grieved deaths in their community, endured harsh persecution, and struggled with questions about the future. Paul offered them the comforts and reassurances of hope in the Messiah Jesus. But he offered far more than wishful thinking or pie-in-the-sky comfort. Paul's emphasis on hope in the Messiah Jesus involved capturing a vision of God's redeemed and just future in order to see and live faithfully today. Paul did not believe in a passive hope, but an active hope where, if the Day of the Messiah is a beacon, believers set their course and diligently move towards it. That diligence is especially captured by love for Christian brothers and sisters, commitment to honest and productive work, and obedience to the truth and the gospel of the Lord Messiah Jesus.

Subjects

Topics

Bible227/.81077CommentariesBs2725.53 .g87 2016Bible. thessaloniansCriticism, interpretationBible. thessalonians - commentaries

Other Editions

  • 1 and 2 ThessaloniansHarperCollins Publishers2019-01-01
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