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1.  Read 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 and answer the following questions in your own words.  Write the chapter and verse numbers of the passages relevant for your answer:
A.  When does the author think the parousia and subsequently the end of the world is coming?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

B.  When do the readers of this letter seem to think the parousia is coming?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

C.  According to the author, how will the Thessalonians know that the parousia is coming?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

D.  According to the author, is this teaching about the parousia a new theory of his or is it the same thing he's always been teaching?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2.  Now read 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11 and answer the following questions in your own words.  Write the chapter and verse numbers of the passages relevant for your answer:
A.  When does Paul think the parousia is coming?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

B.  What questions about the parousia does Paul have to answer for the Thessalonians?  Do they seem to think it's coming soon, in a long time, or has already come?  What are they worried about?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

C.  According to Paul, will the Thessalonians know that the parousia is coming?  If so how?  If not why not?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

3.  Compare your answers in #1 with your answers in #2.  Does the author of 2 Thessalonians have the same eschatology as the author of 1 Thessalonians?