THE PROMISEDRETURN OF CHRIST “This same Jesus shall return”
THE POWER OF THE HOLYSPIRIT “You shall receive power.”
THE PRESENTOPPORTUNITY “You shall be witnesses unto me.”
2. WORSHIP!
Be about the Father’s business
3. WITNESS!
FAMILY “Jerusalem”
FRIENDS “Judea”
FOREIGNPEOPLES “The uttermost parts of the earth”
4. WORK!
TOO HEAVENLY-MINDED FOR EARTHLY GOOD. “Why stand ye gazing?”
TOO EARTHLY-MINDED FOR HEAVENLY GOOD “You shall receive power”
SPIRITUALLYMINDED FOR ETERNAL GOOD “This same Jesus will come again.”
ONE MORE ANGELIC ANNOUNCEMENT YET TO COME:
“For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.”
QUESTION:
1 Thessalonians 4:16 ESV
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.