Hope in Scripture can be defined as the believer's assurance that the blessings God promises for the future will occur It's joyful expectation of an unrealized future reality The greatest most joy-producing promise that God has made is that His Son Jesus Christ is going to return to earth to bring His followers to heaven for eternity Thessalonians - says 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 Then we who are alive and remain will be [... more]