RELS 328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: First Epistle To The Thessalonians
2 Mar 2018
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Things happen that inform what it means to think about god, jesus and the end of the world. Paul jesus is coming back to mark the end of time. Death and resurrection sets everything in motion (the apocalypse) Jewish apocalyptic imagination starts to imagine experiences beyond death. He convinces them to change their god to begin praising jesus. The only ticket out is christ and you all can live forever. Paul thought jesus would come back very soon and thus did not think abut the possibility of people dying beforehand. Thus paul is working our the answer to this question (what happens to people who die before jesus comes back: those who believe in jesus will be saved from the apocalyptic wrath. Uses the word asleep instead of dead paul is arguing that they are not actually dead (1 thess: 4:14) Mixed metaphors; its gunna happen but it will be a surprise.
