1Th 5:9 For God hath
not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus
Christ,
1Th 5:10 Who died
for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
1Th 5:11 Wherefore
comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Our Savior died for
us- the evil angel would never consent to death to save any, he is consume by
his own survival in the face of knowing his own ultimate demise. Our Savior
died for us- and whether we are ALIVE or DEAD when He returns to gather us to
Him, we WILL live with Him.
We have to comfort
ourselves together, helping each other to realize that we will one day be with
our Savior, He will return for us. The
Bible is a huge book of prophecy all geared to this one end- salvation in Jesus
Christ our Savior. Before the earth was
created our Savior was foreordained-
1Pe 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of
a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1Pe 1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the
foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
A Savior named, a
Savior chosen, a Savior foreordained should a Savior be needed.
A Savior became
needed and was declared.
Psa 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said
unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
From that decree
declared- a time was appointed and the declared Son took on flesh.
Joh_1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among
us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth.
All this to SAVE US
from the evil that would possess us at every turn!
We can't know how
many have died in Christ, we can't know how many people are sleeping death's
sleep right now and will awake when Christ returns and calls them from their
graves. We can't know how many will be alive in Christ when He returns and will
be called to rise to meet Him in the air, transformed to put on immortality.
1Th 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant,
brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others
which have no hope.
1Th 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
1Th 4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the
Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not
prevent them which are asleep.
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so
shall we ever be with the Lord.
1Th 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these
words.
Christ will raise
our dead loved ones who are His from their death sleep before He calls us to
Him. When we rise into the air, our bodies being transformed as we rise will be
rising to MEET our Savior and with our Savior will be those we've longed to see
again.
We truly NEED to
comfort each other with these words of truth!
It's so easy to give
in to despair as Satan surrounds us, warring against us constantly, and we do
NEED comfort and we can find comfort in the truth of God's word! We can comfort each other with the knowledge
of the future- we KNOW the future! We have been told the FUTURE! We don't have
to speculate, to wonder, we KNOW what the future holds- the ULTIMATE future we
long for and can be comforted by. We might not know tomorrow's future or next
week's or even next year's but we can know the ultimate future as a true
REALITY beyond any doubt whatsoever- our Savior will return for us and for our
loved ones in Him who have gone to death's sleep. We may not be able to comfort each other with
very much but this is a surety and it does offer comfort, the only true comfort
we can have- our Savior and His promise to us- Salvation in Him!
By HIS GRACE, HIS
LOVE, HIS MERCY always!!!!
Amen.
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