Caught Up Together

Series: Belonging to the Day

Caught Up Together

November 19, 2023 | Mike Stancak

Passage: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

This week Paul delivers the comfort of the Second Coming of Christ.  Christ will one day return to consummate the work of the Gospel begun at Calvary and the empty tomb.  This is the Christian hope without which the Resurrection is an incomplete victory.  The glory of the Second Coming has been diluted by modern movements to separate the people of God into two groups, and so we will take time to understand these views, despite rejecting them in the end.  Christ's Return is glorious because it is the hope of all God's people, once and for all.

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