Jesus is Coming Back

In Acts 1:11, after the ascension of Christ, the apostles were told that Christ would be coming back. “This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” When He comes back, “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 Thess. 4:16,17). What a comfort it is to know He is coming back! But are we ready for that day?

“When life’s journey shall have ended

And we stand before the throne,

When the book of life is opened

And the deeds of men made known

When the Lord shall meet the world

And shall judge the lives of all

When all men are rightly parted

And the Reaper’s cry shall call

When the righteous are rewarded

And the wicked know their end,

Will the world at last remember

That a Savior died for men?”

— Gene Carrell

On that Day, we will either hear that “Well done thou good and faithful servant” or we will hear “Depart from Me.” The heavenly home awaits the faithful. Jesus is coming back! He has made possible our eternal salvation. Don’t you want to go to heaven? Don’t you want to have eternal life? Are you living in anticipation of the Lord’s return? If you are ready, it will be a great day! Friends, get ready!