Therefore, comfort one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 4:18
A man once told his pastor, “I really don’t have much interest in studying prophecy.” His pastor said, “Oh my, that means you must be neglecting the books of Daniel, Zechariah, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Revelation, and vast portions of Isaiah and Ezekiel, along with Matthew 24 and 25. That’s a lot of Bible to ignore!”
After the apostle Paul wrote the predictions God gave him about the Rapture of the Church, he said, “Therefore comfort one another with these words.” The study of prophecy is tremendously comforting. It reminds us God controls the course of history and has a glorious conclusion for all His children. We’re not destined to crash with the hopelessness of a runaway train. Instead, God is the Conductor, and He will get us safely home. Just as the predictions of His first coming were perfectly fulfilled, so will be the prophecies about His Second Coming.
Hope is the anticipation of wonderful future events. The details of prophecy may seem daunting, but the basic outlines are pretty simple. Jesus is coming again, and heaven is our destiny. Let’s comfort one another with these truths.
