Theme: In a world of doomsayers, where Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt reign supreme, disciples of Jesus are doom-slayers.
EXEGESIS of the Text: Part 1: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5
The 2 Thessalonians Epistle text for this week skips about in chapter two, cherry-picking verses first from the opening lines of the letter (vv.1-5), then landing on the concluding remarks of this first section (vv.13-17). This edited reading of 2:1-17, however, does succeed in focusing on the author’s primary concern throughout this letter—-namely, that wrong and disturbing teachings about the “day of the Lord” and “the lawless one” were circulating in the community, and that the faithful must return to genuine apostolic truth.
What is “The Day of the Lord?”
After finishing its introduction and thanksgiving section…