A comment in Polhill’s chapter on Thessalonians threw me while I was reading for class. On page 193 Polhill states that Paul understood that he would be alive during Christ’s return. I found this kinda odd, because if Paul really did believe that then that would make Paul wrong. I find it hard to think of Paul as being wrong since he wrote so much of the New Testament. I started asking myself, “If Paul was wrong about this, what else did Paul screw up?” I’m not saying that I doubt the authenticity of Scripture or its inspiration, but it did cause me to step back and see Paul in a different light. I realized that though while Paul was a great man, he was still just a man. I guess he’s allowed to make some mistakes being human and all. I think too often we see the authors of the Bible as supermen who are totally flawless. The truth is they are dirty sinners like us that God used anyway. So now I don’t see Paul’s flaw as discouraging, but rather encouraging because it makes me realize that even the awesome Paul made mistakes, so I should probably cut myself some slack when I screw up.
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