November 9th, marveling at the end of history.

God will grant relief to you who are afflicted, as well as to us,

when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven,

with mighty angels in flaming fire,

inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God

and on those who do not obey the gospel about Lord Jesus.

They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction

away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might.

When He comes on that day to be glorified in His saints

and to be marveled at among all who have believed,

2 Thessalonians 1 7 through 10.

When Jesus returns to earth, which He has promised to do,

those who have not believed the gospel, Paul says,

will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction away

from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His might.

This is a terrible prospect that should terrify all unbelievers

who hear this truth.

And oh, how it should sober us who do believe

and fill us with seriousness about what is at stake in this world.

Oh, how it should cause compassion to rise in our hearts

for those who do not believe or do not even know the gospel.

But to sustain us in all our afflictions here,

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