+DEV+ Liftoff!

Date: March 15, 2010 10:09 PM
Topic: +DEV+ Liftoff!

Liftoff!

“We who are still alive and left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.” (1 Thessalonians 4:17)
Scripture Focus: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Ignition! Liftoff! Astronauts blast off from a launch pad. A few minutes later, they enter space, where their shuttle travels at more than 17,000 miles per hour.

Impressive? Indeed. But there is something even more impressive. Someday a generation of Christians, perhaps ours, will lift off from Earth, meet the Lord in the air, and travel beyond space to Heaven. Amazingly, the whole event, called the Rapture, will transpire “in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye” (1 Corinthians 15:52).

Heaven is our final home. It holds a special attraction because Jesus is there, but it also elicits yearnings because of what won’t be there: hatred, terrorism, disasters, war, crime, sickness, fear, sin, dying, and death. Heaven provides reunion with Christian loved ones, fellowship, joy, peace, worship, music, comfort, beauty, boundless energy, purity, unending life, and a thousand other attractions that lie beyond our imagination. Best of all, we will see Jesus face to face.

Insight: Jesus promised to come again for His own. Just as He kept every other promise, He will keep this one too.


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