Today marks the beginning of Advent. Advent is more than our celebratory look back at the first coming of God to us, but it is also a joyful look ahead at God’s coming again. In John’s revelation, we are given a wonderful renewal of Jesus’ promise that when He comes, our hopes will be fulfilled. It is the expression of self-revelation, the hope of life revealed by Jesus Himself.
As Jesus says, “I am the first and the Last,” we are comforted in the knowledge that there is Someone bigger than us that we can trust to have control when things seem to be out of control.
As we go about our lives, many forces will come against us—suffering, jealousy, anger, abuse of power, etc. They are inescapable and undeniable. But this Word makes it plain that there is another Power present—the power of Christ. When it seems like hope is gone, the power of Christ is still there.
This Word assures us of the fidelity of Christ. Jesus will never let us down. John could testify that Jesus was faithful, for John had a background of experience with Jesus. John was there when Jesus had healed the sick, given sight to the blind, walked on the water and fed multitudes with two fish and five barley loaves. And John could rely on his experience with the Lord to know that Jesus was faithful.
This is our daily hope. God will never let us down. If we took a personal survey, we would have to attest to the many times God has heard our cries and pitied our groans. Even now, we can hope continually in God, and praise Him because He has never let us down.
John’s response to this Word from Jesus—“Yes. Come, Master Jesus!”—ought to be our desire also. Our expectation is that Christ will come into our lives, that Christ will come to bring His salvation to a glorious conclusion, that Christ will come to complete all that He has prophesied and promised in His Word. Literally, the word there is not, “Yes,” but, “Amen,” which means, “so be it.”
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