Today's Favorite Verse: 2 Thessalonians 1:2, 9
"So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;"
At first when I read about the destruction of the wicked I was thinking how harsh. Then I pondered on the persecutions these Thessalonians saints must have been living under. I even thought about those that crucified Christ, and the killing of the apostles. Yes, patience and faith have been needed then, and more than likely in the future. I then noticed a difference in verse 9 when I read the Joseph Smith Translation.
"Who shall be punished with destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his everlasting power;" (JST 2 Thessalonians 1:9)
It made me think of the wicked that would crawl into the cavity of a rock to hide from the presence of the Lord. In some ways their removal is something they would desire too. What would eventually hurt is to know what they could have experienced if they had been faithful.
Day 4241
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