God's Blessing & Glory!
"Looking for the blessed hope and glorious
appearing of our great God and Savior
Jesus Christ".
Titus 2: 13
The Christian Church has various ways of celebrating Epiphany
(“appearing”). Some branches assign Epiphany to the coming of
the Magi to worship Jesus, marking appearances to the Gentile
world. Others designate Epiphany as marking the baptism
of
Jesus by John the Baptist, signifying the first public
appearance of Jesus.
Epiphany can also refer to the Christmas
season that marks appearances of Jesus
to humanity.
Epiphany occurs in Greek six times: Once it refers to the
birth
of Christ—His first appearance—and the remainder of the uses
refer to His Second Coming. Most descriptive of verses
referring
to His Second Coming is Titus 2:13: “blessed hope and
glorious
appearing.”
Christ’s Second Coming will be a blessed and a glorious event.
It will be blessed because it fulfills the “sure and steadfast” hope
(Hebrews 6:19) we have in Christ. And it will be glorious
because
He will be revealed as “King of kings and Lord of
lords”
(Revelation 19:16).
Are you looking for the “blessed hope and glorious
appearing” of Christ? In Him will our longings
and
desires be fulfilled.
"The only revelation from God which Christians
still await is the revelation of Jesus Christ at
His second coming."
Geoffrey B. Wilson