What is the blessed
hope?
Titus 2:12-13 says that the grace of God teaches us “to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
This
passage identifies the “blessed hope”
as the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ, our great God and Savior.
The word blessed can
mean “happy” or “beneficial.”
Our
hope is “blessed” in that Jesus’
return will be an amazing, joyful experience for the believer in Christ.
We
will be blessed beyond measure when we see Christ. The trials of this life will
be over, and we will see that “our
present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed
in us” (Romans
8:18).
The
word hope does not communicate uncertainty, as
in “I hope that something might occur.”
Rather, it is the glad assurance that something will take place.
Jesus
is our hope, and no one can take that hope away. “Hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out
into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us” (Romans 5:5).
The
“blessed hope,” then, is the joyful
assurance that God will extend His benefits to us and that Jesus Christ will
return.
We are waiting for this
event now.
Jesus said He would return (John 14:3).
The
angels said He would return (Acts 1:11).
And
the epistles say He will return.
Jesus
could come back at any time for His Church, which includes all believers in
Christ from the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2 onward.
This
event is called the Rapture.
It will be announced by a shout of command, by the voice of the archangel and God’s trumpet call.
It will be announced by a shout of command, by the voice of the archangel and God’s trumpet call.
The
bodies of those who have died will be raised to be joined with their souls, and
then the bodies of those believers still living on earth will be changed into a
body like the Lord’s resurrection body.
The
believers raised from the dead and the believers
living at
Christ’s return will meet the Lord in the air and be taken to heaven.
They will “fly
the friendly skies united”
(cf. 1
Thessalonians 4:13-18).
This
will happen in the twinkling of an eye (1 Corinthians 15:52).
Should
this blessed hope of Christ’s any-time return have an effect on the believer in
Jesus Christ?
John
wrote, “All who have this hope in him
purify themselves, just as [Jesus] is pure” (1 John 3:3).
The
believer anticipating Christ’s blessed return will seek to live, in the power
of the indwelling Holy Spirit, a life of purity.
We
will all stand before the Lord and give an account of how we lived for Him on
earth (2
Corinthians 10:5).
Jesus’ imminent return should motivate the believer to live godly in an ungodly world.
Jesus’ imminent return should motivate the believer to live godly in an ungodly world.
The
word looking in Titus
2:13 is the key for that to happen.
To
be “looking” means that we live each
day in continual anticipation and expectancy, with the conviction that Jesus
could come at any time.
That
hope becomes a transforming reality in this life, resulting in God being glorified through us. (1 Corinthians
10:31).
The blessed hope
brings us joy and cheers us through the trials of this world. It should also
cause us to stop and evaluate our thinking, words, and actions.
God has made it possible
for you to know Him and experience an
amazing change in your own life through
a relationship with His Son, Jesus Christ, and have eternal life.
Say the following prayer:
“Father God, I
confess I am a sinner and my sins have separated me from You.
I am truly sorry.
I
now want to turn away from my past sinful life and live a new life pleasing to You.
Please forgive me,
and help me avoid sinning again.
I believe that Your
son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive,
and hears my prayer.
I invite Jesus to
become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day
forward. Thank You that according to Your Word, I am now born again.
Please send your
Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. I
promise to study Your Word – the Bible.
Use me for Your
glory.
In Jesus' Name I
pray. Amen.”
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lyrics
These are the days of Elijah,
Declaring the word of the Lord
And these are the days of Your servant Moses,
Righteousness being restored.
And though these are days of great trial,
Of famine and darkness and sword,
Still, we are the voice in the desert crying
"Prepare ye the way of the Lord!"
Behold He comes riding on the clouds,
Shining like the sun at the trumpet call,
Lift your voice, it's the year of jubilee,
And out of Zion's hill salvation comes.
These are the days of Ezekiel,
The dry bones becoming as flesh,
And these are the days of Your servant David,
Rebuilding a temple of praise.
These are the days of the harvest,
The fields are as white in Your world,
And we are the labourers in Your vineyard,
Declaring the word of the Lord!
Behold He comes riding on the clouds,
Shining like the sun at the trumpet call,
Lift your voice, it's the year of jubilee,
And out of Zion's hill salvation comes.
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Behold He comes riding on the clouds,
Shining like the sun at the trumpet call,
Lift your voice, it's the year of jubilee,
And out of Zion's hill salvation comes.
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Shining like the sun at the trumpet call,
Lift your voice, it's the year of jubilee,
And out of Zion's hill salvation comes.
Behold He comes riding on the clouds,
Shining like the sun at the trumpet call,
Lift your voice, it's the year of jubilee,
And out of Zion's hill salvation comes.
Behold He comes riding on the clouds,
Shining like the sun at the trumpet call,
Lift your voice, it's the year of jubilee,
And out of Zion's hill salvation comes.
Lift your voice, it's the year of jubilee,
And out of Zion's hill salvation comes.
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