so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.to the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
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… And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all just as we do to you. Here it is, verse 13. So that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. Watch this. He said, well, Jack, wait a minute. Isn't that the second coming? No, it is not. And we'll see it in a moment. Remember this in your head. Jesus Christ, the Bible says, is coming back with all his saints. You say, well, doesn't that mean us? It depends on the context. What are you talking about? because the Bible tells us, as we'll read tonight, and your question will be answered, when Christ comes to rapture the church, does the Bible say, first of all, that those who have died in Jesus Christ will precede us being raptured? It says that. Keep that in mind. The Bible says we will join them in the air. …
… And may the Lord, verse 12, make you increase and abound in love, that's one word, to one another and to all, just as we do to you, so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness, that's word number two, love, holiness, before our God and Father at the coming. That's the third word. The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all of his saints. Holiness, love, and coming. That's the outline for chapter 4. Look at those verses that we just read as a trailer, like a movie trailer. You get a little preview of what's coming. That's a preview of what's coming in chapter 4. The first part of chapter 4 is a plea for holiness. Second part of chapter 4, a plea for love. Third part of chapter 4, all about the coming of Jesus Christ. So in chapter 4, verse 1, Finally then, brethren, stop right there. Don't be misled by the word finally. He's barely halfway done with the book. You sort of should be used to this by now with Paul the Apostle. …
At the end of chapter 3, verse 13. that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. In chapter 4, a good chunk of it deals with that, but just notice in verse 17, then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord. and then chapter 5 I had to find the verse verse 23 now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely may your whole spirit soul and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ this frequent mentioning of the coming of Jesus Christ and the idea that they were waiting for him to arrive at seemingly any moment. It's been called in another letter that Paul wrote to Titus, the blessed hope of the church. The blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. …
… out of the darkness will come the Messiah. And He comes with His saints, 1 Thessalonians 3.13. So you have to be in awe of the detail, the way this is all laid out. And I'm covering it too fast to, I know, keep up. But I just want you to see this. Three features in the transformed earth. First new light, according to verse 6. There will be no light, the luminaries will dwindle. Out of the darkness will come the blazing glory of the Lord Jesus Christ and His angels and glorified saints to establish His kingdom on earth, and God will light the world in a new way. A new day, verse 7, unique, known only to God to reveal His glory. His glory will be the constant light. Verse 8, new waters, living waters, massive topographic geological transformation. This will be a new Eden, Genesis 2.10, now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided and became four rivers. …