Then Comes the End (1 Cor. 15:24)
Read: Revelation 22:1-7, 17
Reflect
“Time’s up!…Put down your paper!” said the teacher. How many times did you hear that when you were in school? We learn that in life there is a beginning and that there is an end. And yet, for some reason, it is hard for us to imagine that this world, our world, time will also “be up” one day.
But the Bible that begins with “In the beginning…” also tells us that our world is heading toward a dramatic terminus. For believers this is not the cessation of life, but the beginning of real life.
As our passage in Revelation 22 reminds us, we who now only “sip” the water of life will one day have our fill of this divine resource. We who now only “see through a glass darkly” will one day live in the light of God’s presence. We who now imperfectly follow the Lamb will one day live in His presence, free of the sin and failure that presently mar our relationship with Him.
And now may we embrace our future reality, the truth that for us, the best is yet to come.
“Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.” (Revelation 22:20)
Carl Anderson
Respond
Pray for elder Larry Honea, staff Pam Wrobel, deacon Jim Talkington, and last names “Y” and “Z” in our church body.
