What exactly is the blessed hope?
The blessed hope is the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior, Jesus Christ. It is not the Second Coming, but the appearing of the great God, the God of creation, the God of this Book, who is our Savior Jesus Christ.
Les teaches that in Titus 2:11-13 the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world. While doing so, we are to be looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing—not the Second Coming, but the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior, Jesus Christ. Les explains that this verse gives deity to Christ, identifying Him as the great God, the God of creation, the God of this Book, and our Savior Jesus Christ. He says to mark it down as proof that Jesus is truly God, then moves back to 1 Corinthians 15:58.
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;