READ:
Revelation
22:7-21
“Surely
I am coming quickly.”
-Revelation
22:20
A ”COMING
SOON!” ANNOUNCEMENT OFTEN PRECEDES FUTURE EVENTS IN ENTERTAINMENT AND
SPORT, OF THE LAUNCH OF THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY.
The goal is to create anticipation and excitement for what is going to
happen, even though it may be months away.
While reading the book of Revelation,
I was impressed with the “coming soon”
sense of immediacy permeating the entire book.
Rather than saying “Someday, in
the far distant future, Jesus Christ is going to return to earth,” the text
is filled with phrases like “things which
must shortly take place” (1:1)
and “the time is near” (v.3). Three times in the final chapter, the Lord
says, “I am coming quickly” (Revelation
22:7, 12, 20). Other versions
translate this phrase as, “I’m coming
soon,” “I’m coming speedily,” and “I’m on My way!”
How can this be-since 2,000 years have
elapsed since these words were written? “Quickly”
doesn’t seem appropriate for our experience of time.
Rather than focusing on a date for His
return, the Lord is urging us to set our hearts on His promise that will be
fulfilled. We are called to live for Him
in this present age “looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our
great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13). –David McCasland
Marvelous
message we bring,
Glorious
carol we sing,
Wonderful
word of the King:
Jesus
is coming again!-Peterson
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Live
as if Christ is coming back today.
INSIGHT
As
with today’s text, 2 Peter 3:1-10 deals with Jesus’ imminent return. Peter explains that “the Lord is not slack
concerning His promise…but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any
should perish but that all should come to repentance” (v.9).
Have a blessed day.
God Our Creator’s Love Always
Unity & Peace
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