23rd Sunday after Pentecost

Christ will come to judge the living and the dead

The day is surely drawing near when God's Son will return.

It will come like a thief in the night when we least expect it.

The dead will be raised, and each of us will stand before the

judgment seat. Thankfully, however, we will not be

concerned about the things we have done or left undone, for

the judge does not look at us. The judgment of God does not

fall upon us. Your judgment, my judgment was finished on the cross. The second coming

of Christ is therefore not a terror, but a blessed hope that we eagerly await.