“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.” - Thessalonians 4:16-17
Take a minute and let this soak in. This is reality. The day is coming!
I can only imagine what it will be like to see Jesus coming down from heaven with the trumpets sounding their bold, victory cry. In my mind I see glorious light shining all around as our Savior King returns to bring his children home. Oh, to hear the voice of God calling the dead to awake and meet him in the sky (the sky!). I can barely wrap my head around this scene as the living watch the once-dead rise from their graves stand with our Lord in the clouds and then, too, rise to join the heavenly multitude. I just love the last line… “and so we will be with the Lord forever.” What assurance, what hope, what joy! As believers we wait expectantly in faith for this coming day, and what a glorious day it will be.
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!"
Then sings my soul, My Savior God, to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great Thou art!
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