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1 and 2 Thessalonians

  1. Lesson One
    Overview of 1 and 2 Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 1–3)
    20 Activities
  2. Lesson Two
    Christ's Return (1 Thessalonians 4–5)
    22 Activities
  3. Lesson Three
    The Man of Lawlessness (2 Thessalonians 1–2)
    19 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Work (2 Thessalonians 3)
    17 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  5. Lesson Five
    Author and Audience (Review 1 and 2 Thessalonians)
    17 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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1 and 2 Thessalonians Christ’s Return (1 Thessalonians 4–5) In | Workbook: Why Does Paul Use “Thief in the Night”?
Lesson 2, Activity 10

In | Workbook: Why Does Paul Use “Thief in the Night”?

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[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

Why do you think Paul uses this image of a “thief in the night”? It’s a striking image and one with connotations of fear. 

  1. Why might Paul and his audience find comfort in this typically troubling image?

Believers are “sons of light.” Saying the end times will come like a “thief in the night” is another way of saying this is something believers don’t have to worry about. Only those in the dark, or children of darkness, have to worry about thieves in the night, as we’ll continue to discuss in the next video.