Why is the Blessed Hope not just a cop-out for Christians?
According to Paul's writings, the Blessed Hope is not a cop-out because believers will be suddenly translated from this life to eternal life with new bodies, to be with the Lord forever in an instant. It is the sure catching up to meet the Lord in the air, not a date-setting escape.
Les teaches that the Blessed Hope is not a cop-out because the believer is suddenly going to be translated from this life to the eternal with new bodies, to be with the Lord forever in an instant. All of creation—mountains, rocks, rivers, birds, animals—is waiting for the day when the children of God will be manifested, which means the rapture. It may take place today, tomorrow, or a while yet; we do not know and do not set dates. As globalism, global religion, global economies, and global government appear, these are signs we are getting close to the Antichrist's appearance as world ruler. But before that, believers will be snatched away, caught up in 1 Thessalonians, and suddenly meet the Lord in the air. Creation looks for that day because it triggers the final days of the curse, when the seven years of tribulation become God's way of paying off Satan's mortgage, as studied in Revelation chapter 5.