2. “Death, The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveler returns” -Hamlet

3. I Thessalonians 4
11 …Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you,
12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

4. “We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive
“We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies”
(2 Thess. 3:11)

5. I Thessalonians 4
13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.

6. “We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord”
(2 Corinthians 5.8)

7. Elpis (Greek word)
Hope:
“a desire of some good with expectation of obtaining it”

8. An inscription has reportedly been found on a pagan tomb at Thessalonica which read…
“After death there is no revival, after the grave no meeting of those who have loved each other on earth”

9. purifying hope (1John 3:3)
The Hope of Christ's Return is a…
living hope (1Pe 1:3)
blessed hope (Titus 2:13)
hope of glory (Col 1:27)
anchoring hope (Heb 6:19)
purifying hope (1John 3:3)

10. I Thessalonians 4
14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 

11. I Thessalonians 4
15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.

12. I Thessalonians 4
16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 

13. I Thessalonians 4
17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 
18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

14. Jesus 2 1
Those who are alive
Dead in Christ ?

15. Nothing is a more powerful tonic for life’s hardships and heartaches than gratitude

16. I Thessalonians 4
17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 
18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.