THE  destruction of the wicked 2 Thess 2:8,9 2 Peter 3:12 (2 Thessalonians 2:8-9 NKJV) and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. {9} The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, (2 Peter 3:12 NKJV) Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?

iv. The patient endurance of the saints 2 Thess 2:1, James 5:7,8; 2Peter 3:4
(2 Thessalonians 2:1-2 NKJV) Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, {2} not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come.

(James 5:7-8 NKJV) Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. {8} You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

(2 Peter 3:3-4 NKJV) knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, {4} and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.”

If you have believed in Christ therefore, it is of utmost importance that you rest in hope that, notwithstanding the vicissitudes of the present life, and the hopelessness and despair that pervades the material realm, Christ is coming back to take you home and confer eternal bliss on your soul.

What a blessed hope!