He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen. (Revelation 22:20, 21 NIV)
The last two verses of the Bible. What an ending. I can almost hear it in Arnold Schwartzenneger's thick Austrian accent: "I'll be back!" If you ever watch movies at all, you can see that God left plenty of room for the sequel: "The Holy Bible, Part II."
And so we wait. Waiting means we haven't given up. It means that even though the world seems to get scarier and scarier, we still see hope. Through masacres in elementary schools and cancer epidemics and wars that never seem to end and natural disasters that wipe out whole cities... we haven''t given up. We still see hope. We still see a happy ending to come.
I've always had the notion that we are still living in biblical times. God just hasn't chosen anyone to write it down yet. God's story cannot just end at the cliff-hanger of "I'll be back." God's story continues in our waiting and in the works his children accomplish as we wait. And I suspect that even when Jesus fulfills his promise to return, the story will just be getting started!
Come, Lord Jesus. Amen.
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