Praise the Lord, today is July 21st I want to meditate on 1 Thess 4: 16,17 – The word of  God “For the Lord himself will come down from heaven….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“

Our friends, we want you to know the truth about those who have died, so that you will not be sad, as are those who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will take back with Jesus those who have died believing in him.

What we are teaching you now is the Lord’s teaching: we who are alive on the day the Lord comes will not go ahead of those who have died. There will be the shout of command, the archangel’s voice, the sound of God’s trumpet, and the Lord himself will come down from heaven. Those who have died believing in Christ will rise to life first; then we who are living at that time will be gathered up along with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. So then, encourage one another with these words.

The greatest truth in the Bible is Jesus will come back. Jesus promised His disciples that He would come again. John 14:3 says, “.. I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.” Jesus said that day only God the Father knows.

Let us just think together, what if God Father sends Jesus back to this earth tonight, in that coming one thing is sure, At Jesus’ second coming the righteous dead will be raised to life and taken up to heaven along with the righteous who are still alive on the earth.

A few questions to ponder? Will you be excited to meet Jesus? Do we know the great joy of being in Heaven? When all our deeds are passed through the fire of God what will remain? Will there be anyone in heaven who came to know Jesus because of us? Will those who go to hell accuse us of not sharing the truth with them? Will we be crying about all the missed opportunities to share the gospel? Today are we passionate about focusing on the second coming?

If there is fear about where you will go? Run now to the throne of mercy and set right with God. It is terrible to be doomed into the eternal fire of hell. First Jesus came as the lamb to pay for our sins, Jesus is coming back as King to judge our sins.

Final thought – Live a life waiting and preparing for the coming of Jesus.