Why are 1 and 2 Thessalonians on a higher plane than the prison epistles?
First and Second Thessalonians are on a higher plane because they take the Word up to glory. They follow doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness, then point to the catching up of the church to meet the Lord in the air and the later revealing of the wicked one after the church’s departure.
Les teaches that although 1 and 2 Thessalonians were earlier letters, their content is really final. They follow the format of doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness, and they rise to a higher plane even than the prison epistles because the Word takes us up to glory. In 1 Thessalonians chapter 4, the church shall be caught up to meet Him in the air and so shall ever be with the Lord. In 2 Thessalonians chapter 2, after the departure of the church, the wicked one shall be revealed. Thus those two letters take us on up to the fruition of everything, when we will finally be in glory with our Crucified, Resurrected, and Ascended Lord.
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Why are 1 and 2 Thessalonians considered final in content even though they were written earlier?
Although 1 and 2 Thessalonians were written earlier than the prison epistles, they are final in their content because they take the believer all the way up to glory.