Mar 9, 2014
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven,
with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel
and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in
Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive
and are left will be caught up together with them
in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we
will be with the Lord forever. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
On March 8, 2014 a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, vanished over the South China Sea. Without a trace. And with 239 people on board. It’s being described as an “unprecedented mystery.” Where is it? Where have all the people gone?
On the day when Jesus returns, everyone will be looking at Him. But have you ever considered where He will be looking? He will be looking for you! He has told us, “. . . I will come back and take you to be with me . . . . ” His eyes will be searching the crowds of upturned faces, looking for you! While others mourn because His coming brings their judgment, you and I who have been redeemed by His blood will be rejoicing because His coming fulfills all our hopes and dreams!
Praise God for the deity of Jesus Christ! Praise God for the humanity of Jesus Christ! And praise God for the eternity of Jesus Christ!
What will it be like on that day when we hear the clarion call of the archangel’s trumpet? Quicker than you or I can blink an eye, believers will feel their feet lifting up off the ground, we will be aware of certain changes taking place in our bodies that will enable us to physically live in eternity, and we will look up-into the face of Jesus! We will be swept into the clouds of His glory! And if we can drag our eyes away from His beautiful face, we will see that Jesus is surrounded by our loved ones who had trusted Him by faith and who had been raised from the dead!
Jesus Christ is coming! He is coming! On any day, at any moment, “in the twinkling of an eye . . . at an hour when you do not expect him . . . he who is coming will come and will not delay” (1 Cor. 15:52; Luke 12:40; Heb. 10:37). Now that’s a promise that gives us HOPE!
