2:13 What is that blessed hope Paul is admonishing Christians here to look for?
2:13 What is that blessed hope Paul is admonishing Christians here to look for?
That blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ are two expressions referring to the same event.
Paul is admonishing Christians here to look for the coming again of Jesus when He will take all the saints of God, both living and dead, Old Testament and New Testament alike, back to heaven with Him at the first resurrection (cp 1Cor 1:6-8; Php 3:20-21; Col 3:4; 1Th 1:10; 2:19-20; 3:13 with Jn 5:28-29; 14:1-3; 1Cor 15:51-58; 1Th 4:13-18; 2Th 2:7).
The great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ is also not referring to both God and Jesus, but to Jesus alone. According to Kenneth Wuest's word studies in the Greek New Testament Tit 2:13 should read, "looking for the blessed hope, even the appearing of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ".
(See also comments on Jn 5:28-29, 14:1-3, 1Cor 15:51-58, 1Th 4:13-18, 2Th 2:7; Rev 1:19, 3:7-13).