Question: What is meant by the righteous judgment of God? (2 Thess. 1:5)
Answer: The coming judgment of God at Christ’s return to the earth. The Thessalonians thought the “day of the Lord” had come. The Apostle here shows them that the sufferings they endured were not tribulation from Him, but were a token of His coming righteous judgment, which would deliver them, and punish their enemies. If saints suffer now, it is a token that God’s righteous judgments are being earned by others.
Question: In what way will the Lord bear Israel’s iniquities? (Isa. 53:11).
Answer: He has borne their iniquities, only according to Leviticus 16, they do not know it till the priest (Christ) comes out (Lev. 16:17-18) from God’s presence where He has sprinkled the blood. This will be when Christ comes forth before the Millennium, to Israel, and then they will know for the first time the value of Christ’s work on Calvary. We know it by faith now, for Christ has sent the Spirit down into our hearts for this purpose (Heb. 10); but a veil is still on their hearts as a nation.