I Thessalonians 4, The Comfort of Christ's Coming

 

I Thessalonians 4, The Comfort of Christ’s Coming

 

The Thessalonian believers wondered wat was happening to their fellow believers who had died. They had been taught that Christ would come again, but they wondered if those who had died would miss out. Paul comforted the church, answering their question by explaining that believers do not need to “sorrow as others who have no hope.” Believers have the ultimate assurance. We believe that Jesus died, rose again, ascended, and is coming again; and we also believe that He will bring with Him those who have died. One day, all believers will be reunited in the grandest reunion ever!

Eternal life with God is an absolute certainty for believers. These words should be taken literally. Christ will return, and “the dead in Christ will rise” from their graves. Believers who are alive at that time will be drawn up with them into heaven and “thus we shall always be with the Lord.”

There is much debated about the timing or order of various events surrounding the Second Coming, but several truths are undeniable:

Eternal life begins the moment a person accepts Christ as Savior and is baptized. If the believer must experience death before Christ returns, that is merely the way to heaven.

Believers who have died will experience a bodily resurrection, living believers will be changed, and all will receive new, glorified bodies that will never get sick or die.

Christ will return to defeat evil and death forever.

Believers will live forever in heaven with Christ.

 

 

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