Paul also wrote to the Church of the Thessalonians. At the time, as we see in Acts 17, this church was under persecution by the Jews living among them. So when Paul writes 2 Thes, he is speaking of these same wicked Jews:
[SUP]4 [/SUP]so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, [SUP]5 [/SUP]which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; [SUP]6 [/SUP]since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, [SUP]7 [/SUP]and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, [SUP]8 [/SUP]in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. [SUP]9 [/SUP]These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, [SUP]10 [/SUP]when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.
These wicked Church persecuting Jews returned to Jerusalem for Passover, aka, the Feast of Unleavened Bread. These Jews were repaid with tribulation (of the 70 AD siege of Jerusalem). These Jews were trapped inside the city by the surrounding Roman army to be starved, killed by disease, and by sword. All rotten eggs where returned to the basket as was their custom. Their bodies, which were lined up in the streets to be pecked at by vultures, were finally burned in the fires of Jerusalem.
Become a student of history as well as the Bible. Maintain audience integrity. Paul's words were for those he wrote to. He was giving comfort to them. They were to receive rest, not us 2,000 years later.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, [SUP]5 [/SUP]which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; [SUP]6 [/SUP]since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, [SUP]7 [/SUP]and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, [SUP]8 [/SUP]in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. [SUP]9 [/SUP]These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, [SUP]10 [/SUP]when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.
These wicked Church persecuting Jews returned to Jerusalem for Passover, aka, the Feast of Unleavened Bread. These Jews were repaid with tribulation (of the 70 AD siege of Jerusalem). These Jews were trapped inside the city by the surrounding Roman army to be starved, killed by disease, and by sword. All rotten eggs where returned to the basket as was their custom. Their bodies, which were lined up in the streets to be pecked at by vultures, were finally burned in the fires of Jerusalem.
Become a student of history as well as the Bible. Maintain audience integrity. Paul's words were for those he wrote to. He was giving comfort to them. They were to receive rest, not us 2,000 years later.
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