giving vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those who don't obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus,
      [3.] He will come in flaming fire, 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:8. A fire goeth before him, which shall consume his enemies. The earth, and all the works that are therein, shall be burnt up, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat. This will be a trying fire, to try every man's work,--a refining fire, to purify the saints, who shall share in the purity, and partake of the felicity, of the new heaven and the new earth,--a consuming fire to the wicked. His light will be piercing, and his power consuming, to all those who in that day shall be found as chaff.