Delivered From the Wrath to Come
Good morning, Today’s Bible verse is 1 Thessalonians 1:10: “…and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.”
The first chapter of 1 Thessalonians shows us a young assembly of believers holding strong under pressure. These believers had just turned from idols to serve the living God, and right away, they faced persecution from both Jews and Gentiles.
Their faith was strong, but they were still learning. In that vulnerable time, some people claimed the Day of the Lord had already started. Others even said they had missed the rapture and were now facing God’s judgment.
Paul answers their fear with assurance.
“Wait for His Son from heaven.”
Not for wrath.
Not for judgment.
Not for the Tribulation.
For Christ Himself.
Today’s verse finishes the picture Paul gives in the first chapter. Their faith worked. Their love labored. Their hope endured. And that hope was not based on fear, but on being rescued.
Paul reminds them that the coming wrath is real, but it is not meant for them. It is the judgment promised for a world that has turned away, not for those who have been made right with God and are part of Christ’s Body.
Their suffering was not wrath.
Their trials were not judgment.
Their hardships were not the Day of the Lord.
They were simply facing the world’s resistance to the message
of the gospel of grace they proclaimed.
Dear brothers and sisters, the promise is simple and steady:
By faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ,
we are kept from the wrath to come.
Not through it.
Not in it.
From it.
This is not a conditional hope.
It is a settled truth.
It belongs to every believer who has trusted the gospel of grace.
So we wait — not driven by fear, but with confidence.
We do not wait with dread, but with expectation.
We are not waiting for wrath, but for the One who rescues us from it.
Grace Secures.
Wrath Passes.
Christ Keeps.
This is the believer’s hope.
This is Paul’s message.
This is the next stone in our foundation.
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), 1 Th 1:10.
Meditation:
Consider this: you are not waiting for judgment, but for Jesus. Your future is not wrath, but rescue. Your hope rests in a Person, not circumstances. Trust that the One who saved you will keep and come for you.
Reflection Question:
Where in your life have fear, pressure, or confusion made you forget that Christ Himself is your deliverance? How does this verse remind you to trust Him again?