“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
The following quote from John MacArthur says well the trap we can easily fall into in the study of the return of Christ, as well as, all other future events.
“The study of the end times is the consuming passion of many in the church today. Sensational best-selling authors argue that current events fulfill their often dubious interpretations of biblical prophecy. Tragically, some people get so caught up in the study of eschatology that they neglect the basic principles of spiritual growth and evangelism that the Second Coming is designed to motivate.” Have you found yourself in this mindset?
Thursday morning we will be encouraging one another concerning this subject. For those of you who watch online, we have had a problem the past two weeks that we are still working on resolving.