Today's promise: Christ will return
"I will come
back"
[Jesus said], "When
everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with
me where I am. And you know where I am going and how to get there."
John 14:3-4 NLT
His promise to return
As a child, George
Tulloch was fascinated by stories of the Titanic.…In 1996 he put
together a team of the best scientists and sailors and set out to the exact
spot where the Titanic sank in 1912. He and his crew were able to
recover numerous artifacts from the ship — eyeglasses, jewelry, dishware, some
coins and the like. But the most exciting thing they found was a large piece of
the hull resting several hundred yards away.
The team did its best to
raise the twenty-ton piece of iron, but to no avail. At one point the team
almost had it.…but a storm blew in and.…the Atlantic reclaimed its treasure.
Then Tulloch did something surprising before they were forced to retreat. He
descended into the deep once more in a small submarine, and using a robotic
arm, he attached a small handmade placard onto the section. It said, "I
will come back. George Tulloch."
For a lot of the same
reasons, Jesus left us a similar message. "I am going to prepare a place
for you..…When everything is ready, I will come and get you" (John
14:2-3). Some may wonder why he cared in the first place. Why would he even
want to reclaim us? What good are we to him? In many ways we're just as
worthless and cumbersome and unyielding as that lazy piece of iron in the
Atlantic.
But Jesus doesn't see us
that way. He's dreamed of this moment since the beginning of creation, and now
that the time is near he can't help but leave this mark on our hearts.
"I'm leaving now. But don't worry, I'll be back.
Adapted from Embracing Eternity by Tim LaHaye, Jerry Jenkins
and Frank M. Martin, Tyndale House Publishers (2004), entry for January 1.
Digging Deeper: This week (Tuesday) is the release of the The Rapture , the last of three prequel
stories to the Left Behind series.
Content is derived
from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation and other publications of Tyndale
Publishing House
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