The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, “But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.
18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.”

We are living in exceedingly difficult times. Everything known to us as morally pure has been effectively turned on its head. Women want to become men; men want to become women. Women abort their children, but deny that abortion is murder. We even have a U. S. Supreme Court Justice, who claims she cannot define the word “woman” because she is not a biologist. Pastors are being dismissed from their pulpits because of innumerable, indiscreet activities. The love of money has replaced the love of souls. And some known as “evangelicals,” are denying the veracity of the Scriptures, the very Word of God!

Apart from the message of salvation through Jesus’ death and resurrection, there is nothing as exciting to believers as the promise of His personal, visible return to earth, known as the Rapture!

At that point in time, loved ones, who trusted Him in their lifetime and have preceded us in death, will be raised alive from their graves and, with all living believers, will be caught up to meet Christ in the air! The Apostle Paul writes this word to comfort us concerning believing loved ones who have died and are themselves awaiting resurrection. This is comfort for you –unless you have yet to believe on Him. “Today,” the Bible says, “is the day of salvation” (2 Cor. 6:2). Have you trusted Him? Oh, I pray that you have! Time is running out…

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom