Rejoicing in Hope

Romans 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Believers have been justified by faith and therefore, we now have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:1). We then also now have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand. We have a perfect position in Christ. We are complete in Him (Col. 2:10).

Now that we have been justified, or made righteous,  and have a perfect standing before God in our Savior Jesus Christ, we can now rejoice in hope or eager anticipation of the glory of God that we are waiting for, known as our blessed hope (Titus 2:13). On one hand, because of our perfect standing in Christ, we too are already seated in the Heavenlies in Christ at the right hand of the Father. But, we also are looking forward to the coming of our Lord when He shall catch us away from this world and we shall meet Him there in the air (1 Thess. 4:13-18). And from that point on we shall be with the Lord for all eternity. We shall share in His glory. We shall be in His presence forever more. In verse twelve of chapter twelve, it again says that we are to be rejoicing in hope. The tense of the verse suggests that that we are to rejoice continuously. We are to keep on rejoicing in that hope we now have as believers in Christ Jesus as we walk in the Lord on this earth while we wait for the Lord to catch the Church (Body of Christ) away.