Second Coming!

For Wednesday, November 20, 2024:

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 NLT: “The Lord himself (Jesus) will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.”

How is this all going to end – our lives, our souls and this era in which we live? Is there some kind of eternal reward for our faith? This scripture clearly describes Jesus’ second coming.

We typically think that because the earth is round, people on one side have no idea what people on the other side are doing. That will not be the case when Jesus returns. Everyone everywhere will hear the angels’ voices, hear the trumpet of God and see the throng gathering in the sky. Believers will receive instant confirmation that they made the correct decision! Graves will open revealing glorified eternal bodies reunited with their souls. Living believers will be caught up in the air so that Jesus can win the final battle and be our escort as we enter the forever Kingdom.

There will be a New Heaven and a New Earth, God-created for the next age! I believe the New Earth will be a lot like the Garden of Eden, a perfect world existing just as God designed it before mankind messed it up, but that’s just my opinion.

We are given these words as encouragement!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship