OUR LIVING HOPE
1 Thessalonians 4.13-18
Waiting For Jesus – Part 9
v. 13 “… we do not want you to … grieve as others do who have no hope.” (esv)
v. 18 “Therefore encourage one another with these words.” (esv)
OUR LIVING HOPE IS THE Risen Lord WHO WILL …
v. 14 “… since we believe that Jesus died and rose again …” (esv)
Romans 8.11 “… the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you …” (csb)
Return FROM Heaven
v. 16 “For the Lord himself will descend from heaven …” (esv)
Revelation 5.9–10 “Worthy are you … for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom …” (esv)
v. 14 “… through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.” (esv)
Resurrect THE Dead
v. 16 “… with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.” (esv)
Rapture THE Church
v. 17 “Then we who are still alive … will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air …” (csb)
Reunite Heaven AND Earth
v. 17 “… so we will always be with the Lord.” (esv)