Blessed Hope

From: Echoes of Grace: 1957

• 1 min. read • grade level: 3

"The coming of the Lord draweth nigh." James 5:8⁸Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. (James 5:8).

Every writer of the New Testament speaks of the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, James, Peter, Jude, all proclaim this glorious advent.

The Lord is coming for His own first, and then the Lord is coming with them.

“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall we also appear with Him in glory." Col. 3:4⁴When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. (Colossians 3:4).

Who is this coming One?

“The Lord Himself." 1 Thess. 4. "This same Jesus." Acts 1. "If I go... I will come again." John 14. When is He coming?

"Behold, I come quickly." "Surely I come quickly." Rev. 22. "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye." 1 Cor. 15:52⁵²In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:52).

Why is He coming?

"To receive His own to Himself, that where He is, there they may be also." John 14. To catch up His loved ones, "they that are Christ's," that they may "ever be with the Lord." 1 Cor. 15. 1 Thess. 4.

This, not death, is the Christian's blessed hope. He may come today! Are you ready?

"GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE
TOWARD US, IN THAT, WHILE
WE WERE YET SINNERS,
CHRIST DIED FOR US."
ROM. 5:8⁸But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

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