1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 The 2nd Coming is Essential to the Faith The 2nd Coming Motivates Us for Ministry The 2nd Coming Inspires Us to Walk Worthy The 2nd Coming Encourages Us (Even in Death) The 2nd Coming Compels Us to be Ready Baptist Faith & Message: God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring the world to its appropriate end. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in glory to the earth; the dead will be raised; and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to Hell, the place of everlasting punishment. The righteous in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell forever in Heaven with the Lord.