Thirteen points Paul assures us in Scripture will give us hope (Part 3)

Thirteen points Paul assures us in Scripture will give us hope (Part 3)

I Thessalonians 4:13-18

7. The Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a loud command (I Thessalonians 4:16).

“Keleusma,” the original word for loud command means:

First, for the soldiers charging their enemies.

1 Corinthians 15:26 – Christ’s archenemy is death. In some terms it will take place at this in-gathering. It will be a charging forth of one soldier in particular, who has come to battle a very, very hated foe, and that, is death.

Second, for charioteers inciting their horses (2 Kings 2:10-13).

2 Kings 2:10-13 – In Elijah’s experience of being taken up; of being gathered up with God; without ever seeing an earthly death, he saw chariots of fire.

If the heavens are filled with chariots of fire when Christ meets us in the air, the way we are driven to heaven is in chariots of fire.

8. Christ's coming will be accompanied by the voice of the archangel (I Thessalonians 4:16).

Archangels are chief angels that stand in the presence of God. Two are named in Scripture:

A. Michael.

Michael is the patron archangel of the Jewish nation (Daniel 12:1)

B. Gabriel.

Gabriel was the first archangel to announce Christ’s coming (Luke 1:30-33)

9. A trumpet will sound the in-gathering (I Thessalonians 4:16).

In the ancient Hebrew nation, the way that they would call the people together for a celebration of God; one of the high holy days, would be to blow the trumpet. There would be someone on the edge of the city that with the wind would blow the trumpet to sound toward the next city, so that the man playing the trumpet in that city would be able to hear it, and blow his trumpet from there. 

There will only be one trumpet blowing, and everyone in that particular day will hear it.