2 Thessalonians 1:10

“when He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be marveled at in all them that believed (because our testimony unto you was believed) in that day”

“When”: In the context we have. single period of time "in that day", when all these events take place. The reward for the righteous and the punishment for the wicked is not separated by years or. millennium. “To be glorified in His saints”: “Honoured in His People” (TCNT). “The meaning probably is that He will not only be glorified ‘among' them, but ‘in' them” (Morris p. 207). Paul is saying that Christians will share His glory (Revelation 3:21). Barclay notes, ‘The glory of Christ is in those who through Him have learned to endure and to suffer and to conquer.. teacher's glory lies in the scholars he produces;. parent's glory lies in the children whom he has begotten and to us there is given the tremendous privilege and responsibility that Christ's glory can lie in us. We can be such that we can bring discredit or we can bring glory to the Master whose we are and whom we seek to serve. Can there be any privilege and can there be any responsibility greater than that?” (p. 244). What an impressive thought! Mere men and women can bring glory and honor to God. What. privilege (Matthew 5:16).

“And to be marveled at in all them that believed”: “It will be. breath-taking wonder to all who believe” (Phi). “And adored among all believers” (NEB). “Marveled”: To admire, have in admiration, marvel, and wonder. “The wonders of that day are not to be taken for granted” (Morris p. 207). Too often we tend to make the judgment day into nothing more than. day of punishment. For the Christian that day will be. day to stand in awe of Jesus Christ, to see Him face to face, to just marvel as His splendor, and we will relish in His greatness forever. All other encounters that believers in the past have had with God (such as Noah, Moses, the Apostles) cannot compare to the events of this day.

“Because”: Those that marvel on this day are only those who have believed the message delivered by the apostles. '”Our testimony unto you was believed”: Which means that if one does not presently accept the testimony found in the New Testament, one cannot be saved (Romans 1:16). There is no second chance to believe on that day, rather those who get to marvel on "that day" are those who have previously believed in this life (Mark 16:16; Romans 10:17).

Paul's Prayer