1Th 1 Thessalonians First Epistle to the Thessalonians, Descrizione
A spouse may have changed partners in the congregation (see 1Th 4:5-6), and this Judas-like domestic betrayal will bring G-dʼs vengeance, Rav Sha'ul warns. At any rate, some of the people in Thessalonika were not acting like believers. Busy with secular work and preaching continually, Moshiachʼs Shliach and his associates contrasted with the immature believers here who had quit their jobs, weren't looking for work, and, with perhaps a few funerals in the community to depress them, were questioning the Bi'as Moshiach and its benefit to those who had died and apparently missed the boat. The need to explain this and that “waiting for Moshiach” did not mean being idle prompted this letter which was written about 15 years before Rav Sha'ulʼs death al-kiddush ha-Shem. It is one of the earliest letters written by one of Moshiachʼs Shlichim.