Word
of God
Man
does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth from
the mouth of God
Matthew
4:4
The
First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians 4:16
Study
notes by John Gill
Edited/Prefaced
by Doktor Riktor Von Zhades
16
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and with
the voice of the Archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first.
Brethren:
For
the believers the day of His return will be wonderful. For those that
have denied Him and God’s offer of grace and salvation, it will be
one of fearful dread and remorse. Therefore it behooves us to bring
to the latter the knowledge of His sacrifice for it is a fearful
thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Read Hebrews 10:31;
Revelations 7:2). That day is appointed by God, and only He knows
the exact time and day. (Read Matthew 24:30-31; Luke 12:40; 2 Peter
3:10). Likewise let us also be watchful keeping an eye on the
forthcoming day, so that we are not taken unaware. - Dr. R.V.Z
“Not
by proxy, or by representatives; not by the ministry of angels, as on
Mount Sinai; nor by the ministers of the word, as under the Gospel
dispensation; nor by his spirit, and the discovery of his love and
grace, in which sense he descends in a spiritual manner, and visits
his people; but in person, in his human nature, in soul and body; in
like manner as he went up to heaven will he descend from thence, so
as to be visible, to be seen and heard of all: he will come down from
the third heaven, whither he was carried up, into which he was
received, and where he is retained until the time of the restitution
of all things, and from whence the saints expect him.
With
a shout; the word here used is observed by many to signify such a
noise or shout as is made either by mariners, when they pull and row
together; and shout to direct and encourage one another; or to an
army with the general at the head of it, when about to undertake some
considerable action, to enter on a battle, and make the onset; Christ
will now appear as the King of kings, and Lord of lords, as the Judge
of the whole earth, attended with the host, or armies of heaven, and
the shout of a king will be among them: perhaps the same is intended,
as by the voice of a great multitude, as the voice of many waters,
and of mighty thunderings upon the coming of Christ.” - John Gill -
17th century Theologian
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