So many times I have heard the God of the Old Testament described as wrathful and angry where in the New Testament God is loving and peaceful. Whenever I hear this, I have to wonder if the speaker has actually read the whole Bible. Throughout, God is clearly both loving and wrathful.
In the first chapter of II Thessalonians we get a small taste of both the love and the wrath. Those who follow Him, although afflicted now, will find peace. Those who do not follow him now will find eternal punishment, separated from God's glory. What I find interesting about both of these positions is that it seems people are getting what they want. Followers are receiving rest in His glory. Non-followers get to find out what absence from His glory is all about.
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