DAILY?READINGS: Judges 1 to 2:5; Isaiah 21 to 22:14; 1 Corinthians 1
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. 1 Thessalonians 4:16
Believers are aliens in this world; it is systemically incapable of satisfying our regenerated beings. We are pilgrims, looking for a divinely designed and constructed city with eternal foundations (Heb. 11:10)—a search that will culminate in our dwelling-place in the future New Jerusalem (Rev. 21-22). Our exit from this scene of darkness will be accomplished by the Lord catching us up to heaven with Himself. No mere angel will escort us to glory; our Saviour Himself will convey us to the enjoyment of eternal light. —Keith Keyser
Then, then, the church completed, God makes no more delay;
O Lord, with shouts of triumph, we pass into the day. —G. W. Frazer