PROCLAMATION
“Seeing
it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble
you; And to you who are troubled rest with us, when The Lord Jesus be revealed
from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them
that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
2 Thessalonians 1:6-8 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
These
words were written by the Apostle Paul, under the influence of The Holy Spirit
of God, in his second letter to the believers in the church at Thessalonica.
After he introduces himself and greets them, Paul states that he thanks God for
them because their faith in God and because their love for one another is
growing and increasing. (2 Thessalonians 1:1-3) He tells them that he
brags to other churches about their perseverance and faith in the midst of
their persecutions and trials. (2 Thessalonians 1:4) Then he tells them
that God is just, and that He will pay back trouble to all those who trouble
them. God will punish all non-believers when The Lord Jesus returns. (2
Thessalonians 1:8-10) He ends this first chapter by telling them
that he prays for them that God will count them worthy of His calling and that
His name will be glorified by them. (2 Thessalonians 1:11-12)
APPLICATION
Those
who do believers wrong and cause them to suffer will be punished by The Lord
God. They will suffer the punishment of eternal
destruction. (Matthew 25:46 and Revelation 14:9-11) He said, “… Vengeance
is mine; I well repay …” (Romans 12:19) The Lord Jesus is coming back to
gather up His church (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17) and to judge the wicked.
All mankind will see Him when He returns (Revelation 1:7) but our perspectives
will differ. Every knee shall bow to Him (Isaiah 45:23 and Romans
14:11) but for different reasons. Some of the people will see Him as
Savior, while others will see Him as judge. How we see Him will
depend upon our relationship with him.
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