Thus saith the Lord~~That He would return for them. Four times in the book of Revelation “Jesus said to the churches, ‘I am coming soon!’ (Revelation 16:15; 22:7, 12, 20). It was originally meant as an encouraging word to first century Christians suffering by the hands of Rome and has continued to encourage Christ’s followers throughout the ages. Christians in every generation are to hold tightly to the promise that Christ will return soon. As the writer of Hebrews reminds, ‘Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him’ (Hebrews 9:28). Like young children eagerly longing for Christmas morning, Christians eagerly wait for Christ to return. In doing so, we live out Paul’s wonderful promise to the church in Thessalonica, ‘Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord’ (1 Thessalonians 4:17). Nothing is greater than to be with Jesus Christ always and forever.”
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:53:29 +0000
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