Does 2 Thess. 1:9 mean banishment? or does it mean that the glory of His coming will destroy them? ELLIS
Destruction means destroyed. Everlasting destruction means everlastingly destroyed. The wicked will be banished by everlasting destruction. Read the text in the light of 2 Thess. 2:8. The Revised Version reads, “Who shall suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of His might.” No sinner shall see God’s face and live.