Interpretation and reception
Homilies on First Thessalonians
John Chrysostom
Interprets meeting the descending Lord as an honor comparable to citizens greeting a king; joins the resurrection and gathering rather than supplying a modern pretribulation timetable.
Read on Rainbow Watch
Welcoming the king, in Chrysostom’s reading · commentary →
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Edition and location
NPNF first series 13 (1889); site credits John A. Broadus; New Advent revision
Homily 8, exposition of 1 Thessalonians 4:15–18