<p>3:13- see on Mt. 24:28.</p><p><em>So that he may establish your hearts unblameable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints</em>- It is the experience of the gift of the Spirit making us ever growing in love (:12) which will mean we can appear before God, the Lord Jesus and the Angels, or before our own brethren, with hearts which have been 'established' or set fast. This is the same word used of the work of establishing we do to others (:2). There is thereby a wonderful connection established between how the Thessalonians will be at the day of judgment, and the efforts made for them now by Timothy. And this is true of our work for others. No longer, then, is church attendance and interaction with other believers to be treated as mere attendance at the same social club. We are working for the establishment of others now, in a way which will help them become now who they shall be before God at the last day.</p><p>The context has been of love toward others, and so I suggest the &quot;saints&quot; before whom we shall have an established heart at the day of judgment refer to our brethren. &quot;Saints&quot; usually refer to human believers rather than Angels. If we have not dealt in love toward them now, how can we have an established, stable heart before God as we appear before them in the day of judgment? There is ample reason to think that the &quot;saints&quot; in this context of judgment day refer to the believers. The Lord Jesus comes to judgment with His saints with Him (1 Thess. 3:13; Zech. 14:5; Jude 14). It is reasonable to guess that this assembly of faithful believers will visibly reflect God's glory, giving the impression of a 'shekinah' cloud. This may be due to the physical presence of the Angel with us during our time in this cloud.&nbsp;The cloud of witnesses (Heb. 12:1) will go with Jesus to judgment, which must be located on earth for the glimpses of the judgment seat which we are given to be realistically fulfilled.&nbsp;Such a picture is presented in Dan. 7:9-14;&nbsp;the Lord Jesus comes with the faithful, symbolized as clouds, along with the Angels, to the judgment seat. It is at this stage that the responsible from all nations come to the judgment (Mt. 25:32) so that there can be a separation of sheep and goats.&nbsp;The 'coming down' of the righteous responsible to Jerusalem will be at the same time as the judgment of the wicked nations in that same place:&nbsp;&quot;Thither cause thy mighty ones to <em>come down</em>&quot; (Joel 3:11) occurs in the context of Armageddon. The bride as it were <em>comes down </em>out of Heaven as a prepared bride. &quot;Saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau&quot; (Obad. 21), i.e. Israel's Arab enemies.&nbsp;The apparent confusion between our gathering to judgment in Jerusalem and the judgment of the nations there at the same time is explicable if we accept that the meaning of time will be collapsed around the second coming.</p>