Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Thessalonians 4:13-5:11
by: Victoria Shephard.
Because of God’s promises, we do not grieve as the world grieves; we grieve with hope. God promised that we will see again those who die as believers. “And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air” (vv. 16-17, ESV). Death is not the end for believers. It can be harder to grieve for those who did not know Christ. But God will give these people justice, and I can rest in that. God never judges wrongly or gives people what they do not deserve.