The Second Coming of Christ seems so Inconvenient!
Posted on September 30, 2009 by Pastor Tom
It is hard to think about the Second Coming of Christ because its so disruptive! I have so many things I want to accomplish, important errands to run and dreams I hope get realized. But the Second Coming of Christ interferes with all of that. Ha. I mean it puts everything into perspective. At that moment, life as we know it on this planet will be forever changed.
But for Christians it will be the realization of all our dreams and infinitely more! My “errands” will pale in comparison to what we see and become. Sometimes, when I think about the Second Coming, I only think about seeing Jesus in His glory. But I won’t only see His glory, I will share in it.
John Stott writes this in his commentary on 2 Thessalonians:
“The glory of Jesus Christ will not be objective only (so that we see it), but also in his people (so that we share it). We ourselves will be glorified. This will entail a complete transformation into Christ’s image. Our bodies will become at the Resurrection ‘like his glorious body’ (Phil.3:21). Our characters will become Christ-like. ‘What we will be has not yet been made known.’ But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him.’(1 Jn.3:2). Finally delivered from all sin and selfishness, we shall instead be filled to capacity with love for God and others. In consequence, we shall discover our true human identity. We, who all our lives have been pathetic apologies for human beings, will at last be fully human and fully free because fully Christ-like.”
Whoa. I think I can deal with that kind of interruption!
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