Looking Up
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
How
many people, even Christian people, live in fear these days! They
consider how we have gone from atom bombs to hydrogen bombs to nitrogen
bombs, with megatons of explosive power. They read about all the deadly
weapons being perfected by countries all over the world, and they fear
that frightful destruction may at any time overtake them.
It
does indeed appear that this world is headed toward the prophesied
destruction, but true believers should understand that God has clearly
predicted that He will recall His ambassadors before giving the world up
in judgment. Paul, the apostle of grace, made it clear that no one can
tell how long the dispensation of grace will last, but he did declare
that this age would close with the coming of our Lord for His own.
“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:“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” (I Thes. 4:16-18).
In
the next chapter, we have the prediction of the pouring out of God’s
wrath on the world but the believer in Christ will escape this.
Thus
Paul reminded the Thessalonians how they had “turned to God from idols
to serve the living and true God; and to wait for His Son from heaven…”
(I Thes. 1:9,10). Thus too he reminded the Philippians: “Our
conversation [citizenship] is in heaven, from whence also we look for
the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Phil. 3:20). And thus, finally, he
instructed Titus to be looking for that blessed hope, and the appearing
in glory of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ” (Tit. 2:13).
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