Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you
The subject of 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 is "the day of the Lord" (2 Thessalonians 2:2). This day, as the Old Testament and the New Testament refer to it, includes the Tribulation, the Second Coming, the Millennium, and the great white throne judgment (cf. Psalms 2:9; Isaiah 11:1-12; Isaiah 13; Joel 2; Amos 5:18; Zephaniah 3:14-20; et al.). [Note: See Lewis Sperry Chafer, Systematic Theology, 7:110.] 