Awaiting the Salvation of Jesus

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When we await Jesus’ return, what is it that we are truly waiting for? What can we anticipate with the return of Jesus at his second coming?

Jesus came to die for our sins—once and for all. When we face judgement at the end of days, the verdict will be ‘not guilty’, because Jesus sacrificed himself to do away with our sin and guilt. And when Jesus returns, he will rescue those who are eagerly waiting for him.

The author of Hebrews writes, “Jesus has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.” (Hebrews 9:26-28, ESV).

We can be encouraged at the second coming of Jesus, because our debts have been paid, Jesus has given us his righteousness, we will be declared ‘not guilty’, and Jesus will save us and take us unto himself.

May we be encouraged as we anticipate the second coming of Jesus, because it is good news for those of us who are forgiven and who will be saved in that glorious day.

In Christ alone, Robbie

A Collect For The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27): “O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of the devil and make us children of God and heirs of eternal life: Grant that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves as he is pure; that, when he comes again with power and great glory, we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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