The Lord himself will come down from heaven with a loud command.  (1 Thessalonians 4:16)

I was reading a devotional from Max Lucado the other day, and he posed the question of what that final command would be. Have you ever considered that? It will be the first audible message from God that most of us have heard. I know that the words will be comforting to every believer who hears them.

Perhaps, as Lucado thinks, the final command will be “No More.” No more loneliness, no more tears and no more pain. I know many people experience that welcome relief when they pass from this world into the next.

Whatever the words are, the joys of heaven will then begin!