Look inside this book.Where the Bush is Burning: A Daily Devotional by [Thomas Tice]

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How Will Christ Return?

How Will Christ Return?

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Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming. 

Matthew 25:13   

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.  

I Thessalonians 4:16-17 

How will Christ return? In the primary text we have been considering for the past few days Christ made it clear He would return and that it would be impossible to know the day or the hour of it. Paul describes the return of Christ in the fourth chapter of I Thessalonians. He declares that three things will mark it: a shout, the voice of the archangel, and the trumpet of God. This indicates it will not be secret or doubtful in any way. When He does return ‘the dead in Christ will rise first.’ This means that Christ will raise from the dead those who have died in faith. Beyond that, those who believe in Him, who are alive at the time of His return, shall be ‘caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.’ These two statements taken together affect all believers in the history of the world from the beginning. It is impossible for it to go unnoticed. It is an entirely public affair. All those who have rested by faith in Christ from the beginning are included and involved. We can live today and be prepared to die today resting by faith in this future return. Jesus is coming again. 

Our Glorious, Living Christ, 
we rejoice that the day is coming  
when we will see You Face-to-face. 
We praise You that, in that hour, faith shall be sight.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
The Last Trumpet

The Last Trumpet

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Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 

I Corinthians 15:51-53   

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. 

I Thessalonians 4:16 

Jesus is coming again. He promised His disciples, ‘And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.’ When He does return, a trumpet will herald it. Paul refers to it as, ‘the last trumpet.’ In the portion of our text from Thessalonians, he describes the event. It is at that time our transformation from being corruptible to incorruptible occurs. It means we go from mortality to immortality. This is a heady concept for us because we are only familiar with our mortality. All who came before us died. We have not seen anyone who is immortal. We have heard about it, and perhaps contemplated it, but never experienced it. Paul sets it forth as a fact. When Christ returns at ‘the last trumpet,’ we, and all who have gone before us, shall exchange our mortality for immortality. It is because of Christ this change occurs. He is the reason for it, the cause of it, and His return precipitates it. He deserves all the praise for it. It begins the next phase of our enjoyment of Christ. We have seen Him with the eyes of faith. Then we shall see Him in Person and with immortal eyes. 

Our Glorious, Living Christ, 
we rejoice at the future You have prepared for us. 
We look forward to the day 
when the faith shall be sight. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
The Greatest Resurrection

The Greatest Resurrection

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“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 (NKJV)
How Will Christ Return?

How Will Christ Return?

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Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming. 

Matthew 25:13   

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.  

I Thessalonians 4:16-17 

How will Christ return? In the primary text we have been considering for the past few days Christ made it clear He would return and that it would be impossible to know the day or the hour of it. Paul describes the return of Christ in the fourth chapter of I Thessalonians. He declares that three things will mark it: a shout, the voice of the archangel, and the trumpet of God. This indicates it will not be secret or doubtful in any way. When He does return ‘the dead in Christ will rise first.’ This means that Christ will raise from the dead those who have died in faith. Beyond that, those who believe in Him, who are alive at the time of His return, shall be ‘caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.’ These two statements taken together affect all believers in the history of the world from the beginning. It is impossible for it to go unnoticed. It is an entirely public affair. All those who have rested by faith in Christ from the beginning are included and involved. We can live today and be prepared to die today resting by faith in this future return. Jesus is coming again. 

Our Glorious, Living Christ, 
we rejoice that the day is coming  
when we will see You Face-to-face. 
We praise You that, in that hour, faith shall be sight.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning
The Last Trumpet

The Last Trumpet

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Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 

I Corinthians 15:51-53   

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. 

I Thessalonians 4:16 

Jesus is coming again. He promised His disciples, ‘And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.’ When He does return, a trumpet will herald it. Paul refers to it as, ‘the last trumpet.’ In the portion of our text from Thessalonians, he describes the event. It is at that time our transformation from being corruptible to incorruptible occurs. It means we go from mortality to immortality. This is a heady concept for us because we are only familiar with our mortality. All who came before us died. We have not seen anyone who is immortal. We have heard about it, and perhaps contemplated it, but never experienced it. Paul sets it forth as a fact. When Christ returns at ‘the last trumpet,’ we, and all who have gone before us, shall exchange our mortality for immortality. It is because of Christ this change occurs. He is the reason for it, the cause of it, and His return precipitates it. He deserves all the praise for it. It begins the next phase of our enjoyment of Christ. We have seen Him with the eyes of faith. Then we shall see Him in Person and with immortal eyes. 

Our Glorious, Living Christ, 
we rejoice at the future You have prepared for us. 
We look forward to the day 
when the faith shall be sight. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning

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