11 Why, my soul, are you so dejected? Why are you in such turmoil? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him, my Savior and my God.
Psalm 42:11 (CSB)
19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.
Hebrews 6:19 (CSB)
1. Hope Keeps a Balanced Perspective
20 When he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable; 21 no one will say, ‘See here!’ or ‘There!’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
Luke 17:20-21 (CSB)
2. Hope Discerns the True from the False
22 Then he told the disciples, “The days are coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you won’t see it. 23 They will say to you, ‘See there!’ or ‘See here!’ Don’t follow or run after them.
Luke 17:22-23 (CSB)
36 “Now concerning that day and hour no one knows—neither the angels of heaven nor the Son—except the Father alone.
Matthew 24:36 (CSB)
7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.
Acts 1:7 (CSB)
24 For as the lightning flashes from horizon to horizon and lights up the sky, so the Son of Man will be in his day.
Luke 17:24 (CSB)
7 Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth, will mourn over him., So it is to be. Amen.
Rev. 1:7 (CSB)
3. Hope Remains Constant Regardless of the World’s Condition.
26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man: 27 People went on eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage until the day Noah boarded the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:26-27 (CSB)
28 It will be the same as it was in the days of Lot: People went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building. 29 But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:28-29 (CSB)
23 Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since he who promised is faithful.
Hebrew 10:23 (CSB)
4. Hope Keeps Us Spiritually Prepared
30 It will be like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day, a man on the housetop, whose belongings are in the house, must not come down to get them. Likewise the man who is in the field must not turn back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife! 33 Whoever tries to make his life secure, will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Luke 17:30-33 (CSB)
34 I tell you, on that night two will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left. 35 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”
Luke 17:34-35 (CSB)
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief;, on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will burn and be dissolved, and the earth and the works on it will be disclosed., 11 Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, it is clear what sort of people you should be in holy conduct and godliness 12 as you wait for the day of God and hasten its coming., Because of that day, the heavens will be dissolved with fire and the elements will melt with heat. 13 But based on his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
2 Peter 3:10-13 (CSB)