That Blessed Hope

The object of this booklet is to answer the question: What is the "blessed hope" of the Church? Is it to be found in 1 Thessalonians 4, or in Matthew 24, or in some other part of Scripture?

It is impossible to answer these questions until we have decided the preliminary question as to which church is in view. Hope cannot stand alone and unrelated. We must hope for SOMETHING or SOMEONE, and, if it is to be fulfilled, the hope must have a scriptural basis.

Whatever our calling, whether that of the Body, the Bride, or the earthly Kingdom, we can all say that we look for the Saviour, but when we come to examine the calling of those represented by the pronoun "we" it becomes necessary to"`try the things that differ".

Author: Charles H. Welch