Book Written: 50 A.D. or 51 A.D.
Time Period/Setting: Paul wrote this book from Corinth to the Gentile converts in Thessalonica, a culturally Greek city in the Roman province of Macedonia.
Title: Self-explanatory
Baker says that in this letter Paul is concerned with explaining that the Parousia (Second Coming) has not occurred and only God knows when it will occur. In Chapter 2, Paul explains that the "lawless one" will be revealed before the parousia, the lawless one being an evil, Satanic force.
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