📕 The two letters from Paul to the Thessalonian saints contain details of the second coming of the Lord, and encouragements to proper behavior leading up to that day. The Thessalonian saints were beset by persecution from rabble rousers and by deceptive words of false teachers. The letters contain explanations, words of comfort, caution, and command, and encouragements to watch, rejoice, walk, and please God. These letters are apropos to the 21st Century because today's saints have similar interests and similar problems to those facing the Thessalonians of the 1st Century . . . plus we are now