THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS - Chapter 2 - Verse 5
Verse 5. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told ye
these things? The whole subject of the second advent of the Saviour
seems to have constituted an important part of the instructions of
Paul when at Thessalonica. He now refers them to what he had
told them respecting the great apostasy, to show that his views
had not changed, and that he did not mean to have them understand that
the world would soon come to an end. He had stated these things to them,
implying that a considerable interval must elapse before the Saviour
would appear. Much of the obscurity of this prophecy arises from the
fact, that the apostle alludes to things which he had told them when
with them, of which we have now no knowledge. Hence, what would be
perfectly clear to them on reading this letter, is now difficult to be
understood.
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