Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
At His revealing from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, the Lord Jesus will take vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey His gospel, while at that same coming He gives rest to troubled believers and is glorified and admired in all who believe. The punishment is everlasting, permanent and final destruction, to be forever banished, shut out and separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, a separation shared with Satan and his angels. When Christ comes in glory in the clouds with the angelic host at the end of the world, the wicked are destroyed and consumed with fire in the second death at the final judgment, while the righteous dead are delivered from their graves and crowned with glory, honor and everlasting life. Those so punished are those who reject salvation and choose sin, rejecting Christ and His atonement purchased by His suffering and death, trampling on His blood and His law, though none are compelled to obey. Therefore troubled believers are to rest the whole matter with God and endure with patient faith that grows exceedingly and love that abounds, receiving the righteousness Christ gives and living openly and rightly close to Him, that He may count them worthy of His calling and be glorified in them.
Christ's Revealing at Coming
The verse describes the Lord Jesus revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire to take vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Those so judged suffer everlasting destruction, separated from the Lord's presence and from the glory of His power. This judgment is part of Christ's second coming, when He is glorified in His saints.
At that same revealing He gives rest to troubled believers from all cares and perplexities, including persecutions and tribulations. The verse is encouragement giving rest to those who are troubled, enduring with patient, persevering faith. At that same coming in that day He comes to be glorified in His saints and admired in all who believe.
The verse belongs to Paul's letter to encourage troubled believers in Thessalonica about the second coming of Christ. It corrects the misapprehension that Christ's coming was immediate and would occur in Paul's own lifetime, setting before persecuted believers the true outcome of the advent. It proves the second advent is of high authority and very old doctrine, taught by Jesus and His apostles and dwelt upon with joy and triumph. Belief in it rests on the word of Jesus and His apostles, to be met with joy, triumph, comfort, and not as a new and strange heresy.
It stands as high authority for faith in the Lord's soon coming. It shows the Lord coming from heaven to vindicate His authority and the laws of His kingdom, and that coming is near and will not require long waiting.
Punishment of the Wicked
The punishment is everlasting, permanent and final destruction. That destruction is to be banished, shut out and forever cut off and separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power. It is separation from Christ shared with Satan and his angels, and final condemnation to be cut off from God's presence and glorious power. When Christ comes in glory in the clouds attended by the angelic host at the end of the world, the wicked so punished are destroyed and consumed with fire. That consuming is the second death at the final judgment when deeds are reviewed before God and judged by His Word, and it remains the penalty for breaking God's law even though stoning as the former penalty for adultery has been done away.
It means receiving God's wrath and eternal death with condemnation in the judgment and names written among the condemned. Sinners will awaken to guilt with woe and a realization that they have forever separated themselves from heaven's joy and peace. Black despair like the pall of death will gather about guilty souls, with a full realization of the evil and sinfulness of sin. Much of what they will feel when the vials of wrath are poured out Christ already felt in His sufferings on the cross. They lose eternal happiness and glory for sin's brief pleasures, the pleasures and deceitfulness of sin for a season.
In contrast the righteous dead are delivered, ransomed from their graves and crowned with glory, honor and everlasting life for which they are to be prepared. God is not unjust or arbitrary in declaring the opposite consequence for sinners.
Warning to Sinners
The punishment falls on those who reject salvation and deliberately choose sin, rejecting Christ and His atonement, despising the sacrifice He made in suffering and death to purchase salvation for all who willingly accept it. It is the portion of a boastful, presumptuous, self-willed generation arrayed in rebellion against God, denying the only Lord God and the Lord Jesus Christ, trampling upon His blood, despising His atonement, and trampling on His law. None are compelled to obey, and those who refuse the heavenly benefit get their own choice of the pleasures and deceitfulness of sin for a season. Salvation was purchased for them by His suffering and death and might have been theirs, but having despised it they receive wrath and eternal death.
It includes those who possess the Bible and know that God's Son gave His life so they might know God, yet neglect His Word. It includes unrepentant transgressors, for breaking God's law still carries the penalty of the second death even though stoning as the former penalty for adultery has been done away, with deeds reviewed before God in the final judgment and judged by His Word. It is the destruction appointed for sinners who refuse to become acquainted with God's will and ways.
It comes in the day of God upon those who continue in unfitness for heaven because they neglect to form a character for heaven and excuse their defects because others are wrong. The fact that others are sinners does not make their sins less grievous, and no plea that others lacked devotion and spirituality will stand. Both those who set a wrong example and those who measure themselves by them and follow them will receive this punishment if they remain in that state, a permanent destruction away from the presence of the Lord shared with Satan and his angels. It is final condemnation to be cut off from God's presence and glorious power, with names written in the judgment among the condemned, lost and numbered with the scorners of the grace of Christ.
It applies to children of Sabbath-keeping parents who had great light and the tenderest care yet sin against that light and leave a heritage of shame. Sowing to the wind they reap the whirlwind, taking the path that leads to death, fighting against the God of heaven and swelling the ranks of apostates in the last days under the black banner of Satan. In the judgment they are lost and numbered with the scorners of the grace of Christ, a fate worse than being laid in the grave.
Troubled believers are to rest the whole matter with God when the way is unclear, keeping the mind stayed upon the Lord and refusing discouragement when unbelief comes into the churches and opposition comes. They are to endure persecutions and tribulations with patient faith that grows exceedingly and love that abounds toward one another, cherishing faith that works by love and purifies the soul, so that God may count them worthy of His calling and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, that Christ may be glorified in them. The prospect calls all to readiness by receiving the righteousness Christ gives. Those truly joined to Christ cannot keep selfish conduct and disregard for sacred and holy living, but must live openly and rightly, staying close to Him, sharing fully in His life and being one in spirit with Him, since such corrupting disregard spreads like leaven and does not show God's glory.
At His revealing from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, the Lord Jesus will take vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey His gospel, while at that same coming He gives rest to troubled believers and is glorified and admired in all who believe. The punishment is everlasting, permanent and final destruction, to be forever banished, shut out and separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, a separation shared with Satan and his angels. When Christ comes in glory in the clouds with the angelic host at the end of the world, the wicked are destroyed and consumed with fire in the second death at the final judgment, while the righteous dead are delivered from their graves and crowned with glory, honor and everlasting life. Those so punished are those who reject salvation and choose sin, rejecting Christ and His atonement purchased by His suffering and death, trampling on His blood and His law, though none are compelled to obey. Therefore troubled believers are to rest the whole matter with God and endure with patient faith that grows exceedingly and love that abounds, receiving the righteousness Christ gives and living openly and rightly close to Him, that He may count them worthy of His calling and be glorified in them.
Christ's Revealing at Coming
The verse describes the Lord Jesus revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire to take vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Those so judged suffer everlasting destruction, separated from the Lord's presence and from the glory of His power. This judgment is part of Christ's second coming, when He is glorified in His saints.
At that same revealing He gives rest to troubled believers from all cares and perplexities, including persecutions and tribulations. The verse is encouragement giving rest to those who are troubled, enduring with patient, persevering faith. At that same coming in that day He comes to be glorified in His saints and admired in all who believe.
The verse belongs to Paul's letter to encourage troubled believers in Thessalonica about the second coming of Christ. It corrects the misapprehension that Christ's coming was immediate and would occur in Paul's own lifetime, setting before persecuted believers the true outcome of the advent. It proves the second advent is of high authority and very old doctrine, taught by Jesus and His apostles and dwelt upon with joy and triumph. Belief in it rests on the word of Jesus and His apostles, to be met with joy, triumph, comfort, and not as a new and strange heresy.
It stands as high authority for faith in the Lord's soon coming. It shows the Lord coming from heaven to vindicate His authority and the laws of His kingdom, and that coming is near and will not require long waiting.
Punishment of the Wicked
The punishment is everlasting, permanent and final destruction. That destruction is to be banished, shut out and forever cut off and separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power. It is separation from Christ shared with Satan and his angels, and final condemnation to be cut off from God's presence and glorious power. When Christ comes in glory in the clouds attended by the angelic host at the end of the world, the wicked so punished are destroyed and consumed with fire. That consuming is the second death at the final judgment when deeds are reviewed before God and judged by His Word, and it remains the penalty for breaking God's law even though stoning as the former penalty for adultery has been done away.
It means receiving God's wrath and eternal death with condemnation in the judgment and names written among the condemned. Sinners will awaken to guilt with woe and a realization that they have forever separated themselves from heaven's joy and peace. Black despair like the pall of death will gather about guilty souls, with a full realization of the evil and sinfulness of sin. Much of what they will feel when the vials of wrath are poured out Christ already felt in His sufferings on the cross. They lose eternal happiness and glory for sin's brief pleasures, the pleasures and deceitfulness of sin for a season.
In contrast the righteous dead are delivered, ransomed from their graves and crowned with glory, honor and everlasting life for which they are to be prepared. God is not unjust or arbitrary in declaring the opposite consequence for sinners.
Warning to Sinners
The punishment falls on those who reject salvation and deliberately choose sin, rejecting Christ and His atonement, despising the sacrifice He made in suffering and death to purchase salvation for all who willingly accept it. It is the portion of a boastful, presumptuous, self-willed generation arrayed in rebellion against God, denying the only Lord God and the Lord Jesus Christ, trampling upon His blood, despising His atonement, and trampling on His law. None are compelled to obey, and those who refuse the heavenly benefit get their own choice of the pleasures and deceitfulness of sin for a season. Salvation was purchased for them by His suffering and death and might have been theirs, but having despised it they receive wrath and eternal death.
It includes those who possess the Bible and know that God's Son gave His life so they might know God, yet neglect His Word. It includes unrepentant transgressors, for breaking God's law still carries the penalty of the second death even though stoning as the former penalty for adultery has been done away, with deeds reviewed before God in the final judgment and judged by His Word. It is the destruction appointed for sinners who refuse to become acquainted with God's will and ways.
It comes in the day of God upon those who continue in unfitness for heaven because they neglect to form a character for heaven and excuse their defects because others are wrong. The fact that others are sinners does not make their sins less grievous, and no plea that others lacked devotion and spirituality will stand. Both those who set a wrong example and those who measure themselves by them and follow them will receive this punishment if they remain in that state, a permanent destruction away from the presence of the Lord shared with Satan and his angels. It is final condemnation to be cut off from God's presence and glorious power, with names written in the judgment among the condemned, lost and numbered with the scorners of the grace of Christ.
It applies to children of Sabbath-keeping parents who had great light and the tenderest care yet sin against that light and leave a heritage of shame. Sowing to the wind they reap the whirlwind, taking the path that leads to death, fighting against the God of heaven and swelling the ranks of apostates in the last days under the black banner of Satan. In the judgment they are lost and numbered with the scorners of the grace of Christ, a fate worse than being laid in the grave.
Troubled believers are to rest the whole matter with God when the way is unclear, keeping the mind stayed upon the Lord and refusing discouragement when unbelief comes into the churches and opposition comes. They are to endure persecutions and tribulations with patient faith that grows exceedingly and love that abounds toward one another, cherishing faith that works by love and purifies the soul, so that God may count them worthy of His calling and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, that Christ may be glorified in them. The prospect calls all to readiness by receiving the righteousness Christ gives. Those truly joined to Christ cannot keep selfish conduct and disregard for sacred and holy living, but must live openly and rightly, staying close to Him, sharing fully in His life and being one in spirit with Him, since such corrupting disregard spreads like leaven and does not show God's glory.