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It is widely agreed that 1 Thessalonians is one of the first books of the New Testament to be written, and the earliest extant Christian text. [5] A majority of modern New Testament scholars date 1 Thessalonians to 49–51 AD, [11] during Paul's 18-month stay in Corinth coinciding with his second missionary journey. [12]
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According to this view, 1 Thessalonians 4:15–17 [30] is a description of a preliminary event to the return described in Matthew 24:29–31. [31] Although both describe a coming of Jesus, these are seen to be different events. The first event is a coming where the saved are to be 'caught up,' whence the term "rapture" is taken.
Bach wrote the cantata in 1724 for the 25th Sunday after Trinity as part of his second annual cycle, the chorale cantata cycle. [2] The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the First Epistle to the Thessalonians, the coming of the Lord (1 Thessalonians 4:13–18), and from the Gospel of Matthew, the Tribulation (Matthew 24:25–28).
They base this belief on biblical texts such as Ecclesiastes 9:5 which states "the dead know nothing", and 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 which contains a description of the dead being raised from the grave at the second coming. These verses, it is argued, indicate that death is only a period or form of slumber. [43]
In 1 Thessalonians 1:6 Paul refers to the imitation of Christ (and himself) and states: "And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit", whose source is identified in 1 Thessalonians 4:8 as "God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you". [2] [3] [4]
~ 1 Thessalonians 4:16; In one single event, the saved who are alive at Christ's coming will be caught up together with the resurrected to meet the Lord in the air. [111] "Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord." ~ 1 ...
As identified by M.J.J. Menken, [49] several phrases in 2 Thessalonians seem to share a theme with phrases in 1 Thessalonians, yet with an elevated role of Christ. In particular, Jesus is described as the giver of salvation rather than God (2 Thess 2:13 vs. 1 Thess 1:4).