1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
"...the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen."
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
In this passage, Paul describes the day of resurrection.
Imagine the “cry of command,” the “sound of God’s trumpet,” the arrival of Christ, and the resurrection of the dead. What does that moment feel like? Take a few moments to journal about it.
How do these words encourage you? Who can you encourage with these words?
PRAYER FOR THIS WEEK
Almighty and everlasting God, who has given us grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity and in the power of the divine majesty to worship the unity; we pray that you would keep us steadfast in this faith and evermore defend us from all adversities until the day of resurrection when we will live forever with you, O Father, Son, and Spirit, world without end. Amen.