Therefore encourage one another with these words.Therefore comfort one another with these words.Wherefore comfort one another with these words.Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
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… and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore, comfort one another with these words. What comfort. Paul says, stir each other up to, well, that's a different writer, to love and good works. I'm misquoting verses here. But we're to think on the future and what God has in store for us and to comfort one another with these words and remind each other. What a blessing to anticipate it all. Friend, have you placed your faith in Jesus? We would really like for you to join us there. And you can. that's why Jesus God in the flesh died on that cross because of his great love for you the Bible says he died there in your place to suffer the judgment you deserve for your sins so that you could be forgiven so that you could be rescued from spending eternity in hell and be brought back into a right relationship with your maker but Jesus rose from the grave three days later and today he is offering all humanity the forgiveness of sins, peace with God and the free gift of everlasting life in his eternal kingdom. …
words. Now we're going to ask and answer some questions today concerning the rapture of the church that will take place in the twinkling of an eye. The title of our message, In the Twinkling of an Eye. And we'll let all these questions begin with the letter W so we can help keep them in track and understand them. First of all the word what. What do we mean when we say the rapture? Well the what is the sacred mystery of resurrection and rapture. You'll find that in verses 16 and 17. It starts out in verse 16, for the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven. The central figure in all of this, of course, is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. And one day Jesus is going to stand up from His lofty throne in the glory and make His way, stepping on the clouds, back to this earth. He's going to make His descent to this earth, or back toward this earth. And then when he does, a shout will come from his lips, and those who know him are going to hear him say, come forth. And both the living and the dead will rise to meet the Lord in the air. And at his command, those dead in the sea will come forth as the sea heaves her bosom and gives up the dead that are there. And those wrapped in the winding sands of the desert will give up the dead there. And battlefields will give up the dead that are in the battlefields. And …
You've got it. 1 Thessalonians chapter 4, verses 16 through 18. Put it in your margin. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout and with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God. And the dead in Christ shall rise first. 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. Wherefore, comfort one another with these words. Now remember, we're on the edge of eternity. That could happen today. My advice for you, get right or get left. He's coming. If you're heaven born, you'll be heaven bound. When he comes, that's the rapture. All right, that's number one. Number two, the second great event is the tribulation and the regimentation of this world. When the saints are taken out, the Antichrist will come, and he's going to turn this world into a vast concentration camp. Now the Bible calls this time the day of God's wrath. …