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2 Thessalonians 1:10
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10 When [hotan] he shall come [erchomai] to be glorified [edoxazo] in [en] his [autos] saints, [hagios] and [kai] to be admired [thaumazo] in [en] all [pas] them that believe [pisteuo] (because [hoti] our [hemon] testimony [marturion] among [epi] you [humas] was believed [pisteuo]) in [en] that [ekeinos] day. [hemera] KJV-Interlinear
10 when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed — for our testimony to you was believed. NASB
In that future day, for the very first time in history, the believers of our Church Age will see the destruction of evil, the existence of everyone else, the vast population of angels, not to mention the magnitude of the appearance of Christ.
And all of this will be so overwhelming that the word for marvel or admiration will be inadequate to describe our emotions.
All through history, the world has rejected God, Christ, doctrine and believers in general. Believers have been look down upon as the dregs of the earth.
Few in number in any given generation, and spread across the planet, and frowned upon, constantly denied their rightful claim to the blessings of the earth in this life, it is difficult to see the object of faith, in tangible terms.
But there will come a time, when all unbelievers will be removed from our presence, and we will see not only the glory of the Lord standing before us in literal and physical form, but here Paul describes not His appearance nor His power, as being the source of this particular glory, but His accomplishments.
First, the plan, then the execution of that plan, then the dealings with evil and the opposition of Satan and Satan patterns of unbelief, ridicule, and rejection, which have brought severe sufferings to people and especially to believers throughout history. Then the Cross and the salvation promised long ago and fulfilled in spite of overwhelming opposition. Then the burdens of our lives lifted, the doctrine supplied, the opportunity for spiritual growth and production within our individual lives. The loss of our loved ones. The hardships that we all must face in this life. And this list goes on and on.
Then our individual deaths, for those who will or have died prior to the Rapture, and then the Rapture itself, and the Judgment Seat of Christ, the Wedding Feast, and then the Second Advent.
All of this will be overwhelming and convincing proof of our faith, when we will finally see our loved ones, when we will see all believers from all of the past centuries, and so forth, and then (even before then), but certainly then, when all evil is eradicated as far as the Second Advent goes, and the entire scene will place glory where it belongs, in Christ, because all believers standing there will be proof, of His ultimate success and accomplishments.
God has a phenomenal plan for your life. Don’t mess it up by indifference or apathy or rejection of that which you cannot see today, for certainly as you live and breathe, one day you will see it all.
And certainly you will not want the embarrassment of having ignored your spiritual life and preparation for eternity, now, but will want to be ready and complete in your life, for a far better eternal life to come.
